Lake spelled by removing one letter from "eerie" (4)

I believe the answer is:

erie

(Other definitions for erie that I've seen before include "The lake sounds weird" , "N. American lake" , "Lake between Canada and the US" , "Buffalo's lake" , "Spooky-sounding" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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