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Man protecting good name for time in slight disgrace (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ignominy

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'disgrace' is the definition.
(I know that disgrace can be written as ignominy)

'man protecting good name for time in slight' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'man' could be 'n' (knight, a man in chess) and 'n' is found in the answer.
'good' could be 'g' (abbreviation) and 'g' is found within the answer.
'name' could be 'min' and 'min' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for ignominy that I've seen before include "Disgrace, odium" , "terrible disgrace?" , "State of disgrace or humiliation" , "Public shame or disgrace" , "Public dishonour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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