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Titled lady in Italy one casts out (8)

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I believe the answer is:

contessa

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'titled lady in italy' is the definition.
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'one casts out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'one'+'casts'='onecasts'
'onecasts' anagrammed gives 'CONTESSA'.

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(Other definitions for contessa that I've seen before include "European noblewoman" , "Italian noblewoman" , "Italian lady" , "foreign noblewoman" , "noble foreign lady" .)

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