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Murdered solitary Cavalier? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

royalist

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'murdered solitary cavalier?' is the definition.
'royalist' can be an answer for 'cavalier?' (Cavaliers were royalists in the English Civil War). I am unsure of the 'murdered solitary' bit.

'solitary cavalier?' is the wordplay.
'cavalier?' indicates anagramming the letters (a cavalier or careless spelling).
'solitary' is an anagram of 'ROYALIST'.

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(Other definitions for royalist that I've seen before include "One pro-monarchy" , "Civil War participant" , "Monarchist" , "Supporter of monarchy" , "opponent of Republicans" .)

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