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Ego, dire, corrected in northerner (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

geordie

'northerner' is the definition.
(term for a person from Tyneside in NE England)

'ego dire corrected' is the wordplay.
'corrected' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ego'+'dire'='egodire'
'egodire' anagrammed gives 'GEORDIE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for geordie that I've seen before include "Newcastle-upon-Tyne native" , "Newcastle-born?" , "Tynesider" , "Newcastle person" , "One from Newcastle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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