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Name a friend out of turn (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paul

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'name' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'a friend out of turn' is the wordplay.
'a friend' becomes 'pal' (pal is a kind of friend).
'out of' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'turn' becomes 'u' (a 'U-turn' is a kind of turn).
'pal' going around 'u' is 'PAUL'.

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(Other definitions for paul that I've seen before include "- Newman, US actor" , "One of the apostles" , "- Dombey (Dickens); - Jones, dance" , "---23, C20 novelist" , "One of the Beatles" .)

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