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Produced lie: Eddy reeled (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yielded

'produced' is the definition.
(yielding is a kind of producing)

'lie eddy reeled' is the wordplay.
'reeled' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'reels' mean this (letters dance or reel around)).
'lie'+'eddy'='lieeddy'
'lieeddy' with letters rearranged gives 'YIELDED'.

(Other definitions for yielded that I've seen before include "Generated (financial return)" , "Capitulated" , "Gave ground" , "Gave way under pressure" , "was paid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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