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Royal female in city surrounded by journalists (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

princess

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

'in city surrounded by journalists' is the wordplay.
'city' becomes 'c' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'surrounded by' indicates putting letters inside.
'journalists' becomes 'press' (the press can mean the newspaper industry).
'in'+'c'='inc'
'inc' put into 'press' is 'PRINCESS'.

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(Other definitions for princess that I've seen before include "lady unreachable?" , "Royal girl" , "Daughter of a sovereign" , "Royal title" , "She's royal" .)

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