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Tell men to remove trademark for US talk show (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ellen

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'us talk show' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'tell men to remove trademark' is the wordplay.
'to remove' is a deletion indicator.
'trademark' becomes 'tm' (abbreviation for trademark).
'tell'+'men'='tellmen'
'tellmen' with 'tm' taken out is 'ELLEN'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ellen that I've seen before include "Woman" , "Girl" , "Dame - - Macarthur (naut.)" , "Terry perhaps" , "It could be Terry" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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