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Liverpudlian songstress not well in California (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cilla

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'liverpudlian songstress' is the definition.
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'not well in california' is the wordplay.
'not well' becomes 'ill' ('ill' is the opposite to 'well').
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'california' becomes 'ca'.
'ill' going into 'ca' is 'CILLA'.

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(Other definitions for cilla that I've seen before include "- Black, TV personality and singer" , "Colourful old singer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Telegraph.
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