Cryptic crossword clue
Change name in secret 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CONVERT

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The straight part
We know that "Change" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case change = convert.
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What does CONVERT mean?

CONVERT noun
  1. A person who has converted to a religion.
  2. A person who is now in favour of something that he or she previously opposed or disliked.
  3. The equivalent of a conversion in rugby
CONVERT verb
  1. To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
  2. To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
  3. To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 11).
  4. To exchange for something of equal value.
  5. To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
  6. To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.
  7. To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
  8. (rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
  9. To score (especially a penalty kick).
  10. (ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.
  11. To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).
  12. To become converted.
  13. To cause to turn; to turn.
  14. To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
  15. To turn into another language; to translate.
  16. To increase one's individual score, especially from 50 runs (a fifty) to 100 runs (a century), or from a century to a double or triple century.
  17. To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion.

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