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The stone archaeologists treat so cryptically (7)

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I believe the answer is:

rosetta

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'the stone' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'treat so cryptically' is the wordplay.
'cryptically' indicates anagramming the letters.
'treat'+'so'='treatso'
'treatso' is an anagram of 'ROSETTA'.

'archaeologists' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for rosetta that I've seen before include "Source of revelatory stone" , "somewhere in Egypt" , "The -- Stone is a famous British Museum exhibit" , "Famous stone's from here" , "Whence Champollion's stone" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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