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Nancy's in Lima wearing enchantress's ring (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

encircle

'ring' is the definition.
('encircle' can be a synonym of 'ring')

'nancy's in lima wearing enchantress's' is the wordplay.
'nancy's in' becomes 'en' ('in' in French, spoken in the city of Nancy).
'lima' becomes 'l' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'wearing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'enchantress' becomes 'circe' (figure of Greek myth).
'l' put within 'circe' is 'circle'.
'en'+'circle'='ENCIRCLE'

(Other definitions for encircle that I've seen before include "Contain" , "Ring round" , "Surround" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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