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Other handle a skipper pulled back (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alias

'other handle' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'a skipper pulled back' is the wordplay.
'skipper' becomes 'sail' (to skipper a boat is to sail it).
'pulled back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'sail' in reverse letter order is 'lias'.
'a'+'lias'='ALIAS'

(Other definitions for alias that I've seen before include "Otherwise known as" , "Alternative name" , "Otherwise called" , "it may be assumed" , "Assumed identity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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