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Tricked by young lady somewhere in Ireland (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

donegal

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'somewhere in ireland' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'tricked by young lady' is the wordplay.
'tricked' becomes 'done' (I've seen this before).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'young lady' becomes 'gal' (synonyms).
'done'+'gal'='DONEGAL'

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(Other definitions for donegal that I've seen before include "town and county" , "County of NW Ireland" , "Irish town" , "Northernmost Irish county" , "Ireland's northmost county" .)

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