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Deceived daughter escaped (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deluded

'deceived' is the definition.
('delude' can be a synonym of 'deceive')

'daughter escaped' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'escaped' becomes 'eluded' (eluding is a kind of escaping).
'd'+'eluded'='DELUDED'

(Other definitions for deluded that I've seen before include "Holding false beliefs" , "hoodwinked" , "Deceived into false belief" , "mistaken" , "Deceived or misled" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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