Mean ruse perhaps needed to get online access (8)
I believe the answer is:
username
'to get online access' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'mean ruse perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates an anagram.
'mean'+'ruse'='meanruse'
'meanruse' anagrammed gives 'USERNAME'.
'needed' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for username that I've seen before include "Electronic identity" , "Something needed for logging in" , "Computer log-in requirement" , "One's identifier on a computer" , "Log in identifier" .)