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He has a familiar name for a little girl (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

edwin

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'he' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a familiar name for a little girl' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'name' could be 'ed' (short for Edward) and 'ed' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'win' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'has' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for edwin that I've seen before include "Fellow" , "English king" , "ancient king" , "and 19: Dickensian character" , "Anglo-Saxon King" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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