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Temptress in food shop meeting prince from the East (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

delilah

'temptress' is the definition.
(I know that temptress can be written as Delilah)

'food shop meeting prince from the east' is the wordplay.
'food shop' becomes 'deli' (short for delicatessen).
'meeting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'prince' becomes 'hal' (Shakespearean nickname of Henry V when a prince).
'from the east' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (on a map from right to left).
'hal' written backwards gives 'lah'.
'deli'+'lah'='DELILAH'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for delilah that I've seen before include "Samson's femme fatale" , "Samson's destroyer" , "Judges woman" , "Biblical temptress" , "Biblical character" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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