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Where Wordsworth lived with a red-headed lady, possibly? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rydal

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'where wordsworth lived' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'with a red-headed lady possibly?' is the wordplay.
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'a red-headed' becomes 'r' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'possibly?' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'possibly' mean this).
'lady' anagrammed gives 'ydal'.
'r' placed into 'ydal' is 'RYDAL'.

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(Other definitions for rydal that I've seen before include "Village near Ambleside" , "where Wordsworth once lived" , "Wordsworth's Mount" , "Lakeland water" , "Village near 23 across" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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