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What a pity, I included assumed name (5)

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alias

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'assumed name' is the definition.
('alias' can be a synonym of 'assumed name')

'what a pity i included' is the wordplay.
'what a pity' becomes 'alas' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'included' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'alas' enclosing 'i' is 'ALIAS'.

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(Other definitions for alias that I've seen before include "it may be assumed" , "stage name, perhaps" , "Handle that isn't genuine" , "Otherwise known as" , "aka" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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