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He lived near Victoria (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

albert

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'near victoria' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'he lived' is the wordplay.
'he' becomes 'Al'.
'lived' becomes 'bert' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'al'+'bert'='ALBERT'

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(Other definitions for albert that I've seen before include "and 7: French missionary" , "watch may depend on it" , "Queen Victoria's consort or Mr Reynolds, ex-taoiseach" , "Victim of lion" , "Prince with 24" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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