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Marconi for example on Isle of Wight holiday, forgetting a name (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inventor

'marconi for example' is the definition.
(Guglielmo Marconi was an inventor)

I can't explain the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for inventor that I've seen before include "Person originally making" , "Designer" , "eg Rubik" , "The first one to make something" , "Morse, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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