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Boy's name for a maiden in distress (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

damien

'boy's name' is the definition.

'a maiden in distress' is the wordplay.
'in distress' indicates anagramming the letters.
'maiden' with letters rearranged gives 'DAMIEN'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for damien that I've seen before include "and 10: Famous 'Shark' artist" , "Chap" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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