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Nominally one wandering out West (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

owen

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'nominally one wandering out west' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'one wandering out west' is the wordplay.
'wandering' indicates anagramming the letters.
'out' is an insertion indicator.
'west' becomes 'w' ('W' can be a synonym of 'west').
'one' anagrammed gives 'oen'.
'oen' going around 'w' is 'OWEN'.

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(Other definitions for owen that I've seen before include "Wilfred -, English poet killed in World War One" , "Wilfred - - , WW1 poet" , "Welsh industrialist and social reformer, founder of cooperative communities, d. 1858" , "Former SDP leader" , "Clive --, English actor" .)

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