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Fortune duly affected during shortage (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lady luck

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'fortune' is the definition.
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'duly affected during shortage' is the wordplay.
'affected' indicates anagramming the letters.
'during' indicates putting letters inside.
'shortage' becomes 'lack' (a lack is a shortage of something).
'duly' with letters rearranged gives 'dylu'.
'dylu' placed within 'lack' is 'LADY LUCK'.

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(Other definitions for lady luck that I've seen before include "Female face of fortune?" , "Dame Fortune" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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