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Lying as alternative to murder? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slaying

'murder?' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'lying as alternative' is the wordplay.
'alternative' is an anagram indicator (an alternative ordering of the letters).
'lying'+'as'='lyingas'
'lyingas' anagrammed gives 'SLAYING'.

'to' is the link.

(Another definition for slaying that I've seen is " Killing".)

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