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Lieu (5)

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I believe the answer is:

stead

'lieu' is the definition.
(I know that lieu can be written as stead)

This is all the clue.

(Another definition for stead that I've seen is " Place, function or role of another".)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press and The New York Times.
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