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Mean ruse perhaps needed to get online access (8)

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username

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'to get online access' is the definition.
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'mean ruse perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates an anagram.
'mean'+'ruse'='meanruse'
'meanruse' anagrammed gives 'USERNAME'.

'needed' is the link.

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(Other definitions for username that I've seen before include "Electronic identity" , "Something needed for logging in" , "Computer log-in requirement" , "One's identifier on a computer" , "Log in identifier" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Irish Times.
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