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Ten to one a German quartet has this name! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

xavier

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'this name' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'ten to one a german quartet' is the wordplay.
'ten' becomes 'X' (Roman numeral).
'to one a' becomes 'a'.
'german quartet' becomes 'vier' (German for 4).
'x'+'a'+'vier'='XAVIER'

'has' is the link.

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(Other definitions for xavier that I've seen before include "St Francis ---, Apostle of the Indies" , "St Francis -, sixteenth century Spanish Jesuit missionary" , "St Francis . . . . . ., founder Jesuit" , "St Francis ...... helped found the Jesuits" , "Catholic missionary" .)

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