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Subject of fiction with grand elevated title (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

liegeman

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'subject' is the definition.
(historical subject of a lord)

'fiction with grand elevated title' is the wordplay.
'fiction' becomes 'lie' (I've seen this before).
'with grand' becomes 'g' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'elevated' says the letters should be written backwards (down clues only).
'title' becomes 'name' (I've seen this before).
'name' backwards is 'eman'.
'lie'+'g'+'eman'='LIEGEMAN'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for liegeman that I've seen before include "Person serving lord" , "Loyal follower" , "A loyal person" , "Vassal, subject" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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