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Familiar name for an unfamiliar Scotsman (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jimmy

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'an unfamiliar scotsman' is the definition.
(way of addressing a stranger in Scottish dialect)

'familiar name' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'name' could be 'jim' and 'jim' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'my' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for jimmy that I've seen before include "See 16" , "Scottish term of address for a male stranger" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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