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Name that is extremely crude to give a relative (5)

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I believe the answer is:

niece

'a relative' is the definition.
(niece is a kind of relative)

'name that is extremely crude' is the wordplay.
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'that is' becomes 'ie' ('i.e.' can be a synonym of 'that is').
'extremely' means to remove the middle letters.
'crude' with its middle removed is 'ce'.
'n'+'ie'+'ce'='NIECE'

'to give' is the link.

(Other definitions for niece that I've seen before include "member of different generation" , "A sibling's daughter" , "Preparation for curdling milk" , "Kinswoman" , "Family relation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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