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Her modest fancy will get stifled (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

smothered

'stifled' is the definition.
('smother' can be a synonym of 'stifle')

'her modest fancy' is the wordplay.
'fancy' indicates anagramming the letters.
'her'+'modest'='hermodest'
'hermodest' anagrammed gives 'SMOTHERED'.

'will get' is the link.

(Other definitions for smothered that I've seen before include "Suffocated" , "Stifled" , "given too little air" , "Such a mate" , "overwhelmed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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