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Saint with new name? That's a bit of a bloomer (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stamen

'a bit of a bloomer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'saint with new name?' is the wordplay.
'saint' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'new' indicates an anagram.
'name' with letters rearranged gives 'amen'.
'st'+'amen'='STAMEN'

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for stamen that I've seen before include "Flower's pollen carrier" , "Pollen-bearing organ of flowering plant" , "Flower pollen carrier" , "Manet's (anag.)" , "Male organ of plant" .)

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