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Steady relative in happy surroundings (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

consistent

'steady' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'relative in happy surroundings' is the wordplay.
'relative' becomes 'sis' (short for sister).
'in happy' becomes 'content' ('content' is associated in meaning with 'happy'. I am not sure about the 'in' bit.**).
'surroundings' indicates putting letters inside.
'sis' inserted within 'content' is 'CONSISTENT'.

(Other definitions for consistent that I've seen before include "Steady" , "the same as always" , "in agreement" , "uniform" , "Unchanging in standard over time" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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