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'Queen dead' a lie possibly (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adelaide

'queen' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'dead a lie possibly' is the wordplay.
'possibly' is an anagram indicator.
'dead'+'a'+'lie'='deadalie'
'deadalie' with letters rearranged gives 'ADELAIDE'.

(Other definitions for adelaide that I've seen before include "Girl" , "somewhere in Australia" , "Australian location" , "Australian capital" , "Queen to William IV - setting for many an 6 test" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Sun.
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