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Ordain anew, nominally (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dorian

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'ordain anew nominally' is the definition.
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'ordain anew' is the wordplay.
'anew' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ordain' is an anagram of 'DORIAN'.

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(Other definitions for dorian that I've seen before include "Oscar Wilde novel: ''The Picture of . . . . . . Gray''" , "Oscar Wilde wrote 'The Picture of . . . . . . Gray'" , "Oscar Wilde's novel ` `The Picture of ...... Gray' '" , "Oscar Wilde wrote 'The Picture of ...... Grey'" .)

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