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Got it: Prince, with reference to Virginia, lied terribly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prevailed

'got it' is the definition.
(both can mean won)

'prince with reference to virginia lied terribly' is the wordplay.
'prince' becomes 'p'.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'reference' becomes 're' (I've seen this in other clues).
'to virginia' becomes 'va' (US state abbreviation).
'terribly' indicates an anagram.
'lied' is an anagram of 'iled'.
'p'+'re'+'va'+'iled'='PREVAILED'

(Other definitions for prevailed that I've seen before include "Was in force" , "had his way" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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