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Name gong bagged by more than one of twelve (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

november

'one of twelve' is the definition.
(one of the twelve months)

'name gong bagged by more than' is the wordplay.
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'gong' becomes 'MBE' (Member of the Order of the British Empire).
'bagged by' is an insertion indicator.
'more than' becomes 'over' (I've seen this in another clue).
'mbe' going into 'over' is 'ovember'.
'n'+'ovember'='NOVEMBER'

(Other definitions for november that I've seen before include "Never mob (anag.)" , "Thirty days hath September, April, June and . . . . . . . ." , "Move Bern in this month" , "Armistice month" , "Ninth month in the Roman calendar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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