Lake ___, setting for "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (8)

I believe the answer is:

superior

(Other definitions for superior that I've seen before include "Higher ranking" , "Higher, better or more important" , "A Great Lake; better" , "The largest of the Great Lakes" , "Haughty" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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