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Royal in copyright in the papers? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

princess

'royal' is the definition.
(princess royal is a kind of royal)

'in copyright in the papers?' is the wordplay.
'copyright' becomes 'C' (as in the copyright symbol, a C in a circle).
'in the' is an insertion indicator.
'papers?' becomes 'press' (the newspaper industry).
'in'+'c'='inc'
'inc' going into 'press' is 'PRINCESS'.

(Other definitions for princess that I've seen before include "Attractive woman" , "Royal girl" , "lady unreachable?" , "Part of royalty" , "Sovereign's daughter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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