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Grand American name (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gus

'name' is the definition.

'grand american' is the wordplay.
'grand' becomes 'g' (G is short for grand as in a thousand).
'american' becomes 'US' (United States).
'g'+'us'='GUS'

(Other definitions for gus that I've seen before include "T. S. Eliot's theatre cat" , "Augustus (dim.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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