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Local Iron Age development on lake (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

regional

'local' is the definition.
(in a particular region)

'iron age development on lake' is the wordplay.
'development' is an anagram indicator.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'lake' becomes 'l' (geographical abbreviation).
'iron'+'age'='ironage'
'ironage' is an anagram of 'regiona'.
'regiona'+'l'='REGIONAL'

(Other definitions for regional that I've seen before include "Relating to local area" , "Relating to a particular area" , "Limited to a particular part of the country - liar gone (anag)" , "Territorial" , "Characteristic of an area" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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