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Victoria's one abysmally low year? (5,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

royal we

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'victoria's one' is the definition.
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'abysmally low year?' is the wordplay.
'abysmally' indicates anagramming the letters.
'low'+'year'='lowyear'
'lowyear' anagrammed gives 'ROYAL WE'.

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(Other definitions for royal we that I've seen before include "Monarch's use of the first person plural" , "Monarch's way of referring to themselves" , "Coming from eg Edward, Henry or Charles" , "for King George I?" , "Queen's pronoun" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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