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I'd been given a girl's name (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ida

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'girl's name' is the definition.

'i'd been given a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'i'd' could be 'id' and 'id' is located in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for ida that I've seen before include "Greek mount - Gilbertian princess" , "lady" , "The girl for Dai" , "Industry development group" , "Princess in a Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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