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Mark I want to make (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

twain

'mark' is the definition.
(Mark Twain)

'i want to make' is the wordplay.
'to make' is an anagram indicator.
'i'+'want'='iwant'
'iwant' with letters rearranged gives 'TWAIN'.

(Other definitions for twain that I've seen before include "A pen-name" , "I want (anag) - US novelist and humorist" , "Mark . . . . . was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens" , "Mark ..... created Huckleberry Finn" , "Two (arch.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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