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Eastern lake is creepy (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eerie

'creepy' is the definition.
(eerie can mean strange or creepy)

'eastern lake' is the wordplay.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'lake' becomes 'erie' (Lake Erie is one of the Canadian/US 'Great Lakes').
'e'+'erie'='EERIE'

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for eerie that I've seen before include "Spooky, macabre" , "Sinister" , "Spectral" , "Strange and disturbing" , "Weird and disturbing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and The Daily Express.
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