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Exactly the same in dialect, surprisingly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

identical

'exactly the same' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'in dialect surprisingly' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' is an anagram indicator.
'in'+'dialect'='indialect'
'indialect' is an anagram of 'IDENTICAL'.

(Other definitions for identical that I've seen before include "Exactly alike, the same in every detail" , "not distinguished" , "Duplicate" , "Matching" , "Like two peas in a pod" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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