First to yell out names to stooge (6)

I believe the answer is:

yesman

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'stooge' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'first to yell out names' is the wordplay.
'first to' indicates taking the first letters.
'out' indicates an anagram.
The initial letter of 'yell' is 'y'.
'names' is an anagram of 'esman'.
'y'+'esman'='YESMAN'

'to' is the link.

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(Another definition for yesman that I've seen is " A most agreeable chap".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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