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Name of inventor noised abroad (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

edison

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'name of inventor' is the definition.
'Edison' can be an answer for 'inventor' (Edison is an example). I am not certain of the 'name of' bit.

'noised abroad' is the wordplay.
'abroad' indicates an anagram (letters move around or go abroad).
'noised' with letters rearranged gives 'EDISON'.

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(Other definitions for edison that I've seen before include "Onside with great American inventor" , "Prolific inventor" , "Inventor with over 1,000 US patents to his name, d. 1931" , "US scientist/inventor" , "The inventor is strangely onside" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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