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Ted's era? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

edwardian

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'ted's era?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.

'ted's era?' is the wordplay.
'ted' becomes 'edward' (I've seen this before).
'era?' becomes 'ian' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'edward'+'ian'='EDWARDIAN'

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(Other definitions for edwardian that I've seen before include "from early twentieth century" , "The age before WW1" , "Early 20th-century" , "After Victoria" , "Of the fashion mocked by Teddy boys" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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