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Elegant name regularly used for refined fellow (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gentleman

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'refined fellow' is the definition.
'gentleman' can be an answer for 'fellow' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'refined' bit.

'elegant name regularly used' is the wordplay.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'used' indicates anagramming the letters.
The alternate letters of 'name' are 'nm'.
'elegant'+'nm'='elegantnm'
'elegantnm' with letters rearranged gives 'GENTLEMAN'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for gentleman that I've seen before include "Male of refinement" , "-'s -; - farmer" , "Polite, kind or upper-class fellow" , "Toff" , "Courteous male" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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