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Surrey town without a royal personage (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

woking

'surrey town' is the definition.

'without a royal personage' is the wordplay.
'without' becomes 'wo' (abbreviation of 'without', normally with a slash).
'a royal personage' becomes 'king'.
'wo'+'king'='WOKING'

(Other definitions for woking that I've seen before include "English town" , "Town in Surrey" , "Southern town" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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