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Relies on changes in a play's royal residence (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elsinore

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'a play's royal residence' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'relies on changes' is the wordplay.
'changes' indicates anagramming the letters.
'relies'+'on'='relieson'
'relieson' anagrammed gives 'ELSINORE'.

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(Other definitions for elsinore that I've seen before include "wicked behaviour played out here?" , "Danish city" , "Hamlet's place" , "Danish port, setting of Shakespeare's Hamlet" , "place in Hamlet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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