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Name the individual taken in by Lil (6)

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I believe the answer is:

lionel

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'name' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'individual taken in by lil' is the wordplay.
'individual' becomes 'one' (an individual is one person).
'taken in by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'one' going inside 'lil' is 'LIONEL'.

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for lionel that I've seen before include "Guy" , "Boy" , "-- Bart; -- Richie" , "Blair possibly" , "Oil Len badly for another man" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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