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Intend to change a name (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mean

'intend' is the definition.
(I know that intend can be written as mean)

'change a name' is the wordplay.
'change' is an anagram indicator.
'name' anagrammed gives 'MEAN'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for mean that I've seen before include "Intend; stingy" , "Signify; average" , "Aim - low - average" , "Common" , "Have in mind to be miserly?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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