Name the new gas (7)

I believe the answer is:

methane

'gas' is the definition.
(methane is a gas)

'name the new' is the wordplay.
'new' is an anagram indicator.
'name'+'the'='namethe'
'namethe' is an anagram of 'METHANE'.

(Other definitions for methane that I've seen before include "Get fuel" , "Main constituent of natural gas" , "contributor to global warming" , "Flammable gas, CH4" , "compound" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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