Spoil lost princess's appearance? (9)
I believe the answer is:
disfigure
'spoil' is the definition.
(I know that disfigure is a more specific form of the action spoil)
'lost princess's appearance?' is the wordplay.
'lost princess's' becomes 'dis' (Princess Diana. I am not sure about the 'lost' bit.).
'appearance?' becomes 'figure' (figure is a kind of appearance).
'dis'+'figure'='DISFIGURE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for disfigure that I've seen is " Deface".)
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