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Lady, mistress of grand house, cutting the chat (6)

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I believe the answer is:

elaine

'lady' is the definition.
(woman's name)

'mistress of grand house cutting the chat' is the wordplay.
'mistress of grand house' becomes 'chatelaine' (term for a woman in charge of a large house).
'cutting' suggests deleting specific letters.
'chatelaine' with 'chat' taken away is 'ELAINE'.

(Other definitions for elaine that I've seen before include "Name" , "Woman" , "Girl" , "-- Paige, singer" , "-- Paige, singer/actress" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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