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Has made new name as an executioner (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

headsman

'an executioner' is the definition.
(headsman is a kind of executioner)

'has made new name' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'has'+'made'='hasmade'
'hasmade' with letters rearranged gives 'headsma'.
'headsma'+'n'='HEADSMAN'

'as' is the link.

(Another definition for headsman that I've seen is " executioner".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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