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Fairy tale ending for Viktoria Plzen: United run ragged (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rapunzel

'fairy tale' is the definition.
(Rapunzel is a fairy tale)

'ending for viktoria plzen united run ragged' is the wordplay.
'ending' suggests the final letters.
'united' becomes 'U' (abbreviation).
'run ragged' indicates anagramming the letters (letters run around).
The final letters of 'for viktoria' are 'ra'.
'plzen'+'u'='plzenu'
'plzenu' is an anagram of 'punzel'.
'ra'+'punzel'='RAPUNZEL'

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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