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Lord who ran to seize power deal (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cope

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'deal' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'lord who ran to seize power' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'seize' could be 'cop' (copping is a kind of seizing) and 'cop' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for cope that I've seen before include "loser of Prestonpans" , "Deal well with difficulties" , "Long cloak for a priest" , "Manage, subsist" , "Priest's ceremonial cloak" .)

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