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What soothsayer may have peddled got Royals excited (9)

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I believe the answer is:

astrology

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'what soothsayer may have peddled' is the definition.
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'got royals excited' is the wordplay.
'excited' is an anagram indicator.
'got'+'royals'='gotroyals'
'gotroyals' is an anagram of 'ASTROLOGY'.

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(Other definitions for astrology that I've seen before include "Fortune-telling from the stars" , "The telling of fortunes through the movement of planets" , "It claims divination by the positions of the planets" , "Interpretation of celestial bodies as having an influence on human affairs" , "Star divination" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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