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One man's name for a gun? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brendan

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'one man's' is the definition.

'name for a gun?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'name' could be 'brenda' and 'brenda' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'n' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for brendan that I've seen before include "Early Irish saint" , "Chap" , "- Behan, Irish dramatist" , "-- Behan, Irish author" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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