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Western county in former kingdom (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wessex

'former kingdom' is the definition.
(historical English kingdom)

'western county' is the wordplay.
'western' becomes 'w'.
'county' becomes 'essex' (I've seen this before).
'w'+'essex'='WESSEX'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for wessex that I've seen before include "South-west counties of Hardy's novels" , "Alfred the Great's realm" , "Hardy's West Country" , "ancient region" , "Prince Edward, earl of ..." .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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