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Labels men as fickle (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

names

'labels' is the definition.
(naming is a kind of labelling)

'men as fickle' is the wordplay.
'fickle' is an anagram indicator.
'men'+'as'='menas'
'menas' with letters rearranged gives 'NAMES'.

(Other definitions for names that I've seen before include "identification" , "Heroes" , "Paul, Pat, John" , "People and things are known by them" , "Appellations or identifiers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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