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Private and fancy aren't in line (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

internal

'private' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'fancy aren't in line' is the wordplay.
'fancy' indicates an anagram.
'line' becomes 'l'.
'arent'+'in'='arentin'
'arentin' is an anagram of 'interna'.
'interna'+'l'='INTERNAL'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for internal that I've seen before include "In-house - private" , "Located inside" , "Located inward" , "Inside the body" , "Within the body" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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