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Margate’s unlikely to become a name known to millions (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

megastar

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'become a name known to millions' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'margate's unlikely' is the wordplay.
'unlikely' indicates an anagram (an unlikely spelling of the letters).
'margates' with letters rearranged gives 'MEGASTAR'.

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(Other definitions for megastar that I've seen before include "Great Sam (anag)" , "Top performer" , "Big personality" , "One v. famous" , "A-list celeb" .)

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