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One girl distressed in 'King Lear (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

goneril

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''king lear' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'one girl distressed in' is the wordplay.
'distressed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'girl' anagrammed gives 'gril'.
'one' placed into 'gril' is 'GONERIL'.

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(Other definitions for goneril that I've seen before include "part 1 of 25 [KING LEAR]" , "Shakespearean role" , "her sister chose Cornwall" , "One of Lear's daughter" , "Cruel daughter" .)

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