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Dump nosey model making a new name for herself (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pseudonym

'a new name for herself' is the definition.

'dump nosey model' is the wordplay.
'model' indicates anagramming the letters.
'dump'+'nosey'='dumpnosey'
'dumpnosey' with letters rearranged gives 'PSEUDONYM'.

'making' is the link.

(Other definitions for pseudonym that I've seen before include "Also known as" , "in the style of George Eliot?" , "Boz was for Dickens" , "Lewis Carroll, for one" , "Pen-name" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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