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Wild lion used in fantasy (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

delusion

'fantasy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'wild lion used' is the wordplay.
'wild' indicates an anagram.
'lion'+'used'='lionused'
'lionused' anagrammed gives 'DELUSION'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for delusion that I've seen before include "Misguided belief" , "Misapprehension" , "Unsoiled kind of hallucination" , "Belief held in the face of all contrary evidence" , "Unsoiled sort of hallucination" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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