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Name abbreviated to half length? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

len

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'name abbreviated' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'half length?' is the wordplay.
'half' suggests halving the letters.
'length' with half the letters taken is 'LEN''.

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(Other definitions for len that I've seen before include "Boy" , "Sir - - Hutton" , "Leonard (dim.)" , "-- Deighton, author" , "- - Hutton, cricketer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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