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Name for a learner on the rink? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alice

'name' is the definition.

'a learner on the rink?' is the wordplay.
'learner' becomes 'l' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the rink?' becomes 'ice' (ice is a kind of rink).
'a'+'l'+'ice'='ALICE'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for alice that I've seen before include "Carroll heroine" , "Immortal girl in Wonderland" , "band" , "Celia (anag.)" , "Girl famous for entering Wonderland" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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