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Palatial stir on the phone (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

royal

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This might be a double definition.

'palatial' is the first definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'stir on the phone' is the second definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

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(Other definitions for royal that I've seen before include "Kingly or queenly" , "One of Queen's family" , "Suitable for king or queen" , "Of sovereigns" , "complete" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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