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Dicky O'Neill's forename (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lionel

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'forename' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'dicky o'neill's' is the wordplay.
'dicky' indicates an anagram (dicky can mean not functioning properly).
'oneill' anagrammed gives 'LIONEL'.

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(Other definitions for lionel that I've seen before include "- Bart, (Oliver!)" , "Guy" , "Boy" , "Oil Len badly for another man" , "Blair possibly" .)

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