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Cowardliness - trait originally cultivated in royal household (7,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

windsor castle

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'royal household' is the definition.
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'cowardliness trait originally cultivated' is the wordplay.
'originally' indicates taking the first letters.
'cultivated' is an anagram indicator.
The first letter of 'trait' is 't'.
'cowardliness'+'t'='cowardlinesst'
'cowardlinesst' is an anagram of 'WINDSOR CASTLE'.

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(Other definitions for windsor castle that I've seen before include "Queen's residence" , "royal house" , "palace" , "Royal residence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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