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Good speller? Just gory method, unfortunately (5,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fairy godmother

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'good speller?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'just gory method unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'just' becomes 'fair' (just can mean fair in the sense of showing justice).
'unfortunately' indicates an anagram (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'gory'+'method'='gorymethod'
'gorymethod' is an anagram of 'ygodmother'.
'fair'+'ygodmother'='FAIRY GODMOTHER'

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(Other definitions for fairy godmother that I've seen before include "Cinderella's benefactress" , "lucky lady" , "panto character" , "Benefactor" , "generous figure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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