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Ghostly English lake (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eerie

'ghostly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

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

(Other definitions for eerie that I've seen before include "Awesome" , "Uncannily strange" , "Oddly frightening" , "Spooky, supernatural" , "Bloodcurdling" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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