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Girl's name for a man and a boy? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alison

'girl's name' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'man and a boy?' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'ali' ().
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a boy?' becomes 'son' ('son' can be a synonym of 'boy').
'ali'+'son'='ALISON'

'for a' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for alison that I've seen before include "lady" , "Girl's name" , "Girl" , "female" , "woman" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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