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Venetian to rise with a greeting (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

othello

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'venetian' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'to rise with a greeting' is the wordplay.
'rise' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a greeting' becomes 'hello' (hello is a kind of greeting).
'to' written backwards gives 'ot'.
'ot'+'hello'='OTHELLO'

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(Other definitions for othello that I've seen before include "Shakespearean play" , "Shakespeare's tragic Moor of Venice" , "game with counters" , "Shakespeare's general" , "product of 12 [SHAKESPEARE] , inspiring 6 [VERDI]" .)

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