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Uncover American guy carrying English name (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

denude

'uncover' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'american guy carrying english name' is the wordplay.
'american guy' becomes 'dude' (US slang).
'carrying' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'e'+'n'='en'
'dude' placed around 'en' is 'DENUDE'.

(Other definitions for denude that I've seen before include "Strip - expose" , "Put off covering" , "Strip, deprive, of" , "Strip away cover, make bare" , "Lay bare" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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