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Royal family start to get corresponding (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kinglike

'royal' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'family start to get corresponding' is the wordplay.
'family' becomes 'kin' (synonyms).
'start to' says to take the initial letters.
'corresponding' becomes 'like' (synonyms).
The initial letter of 'get' is 'g'.
'kin'+'g'+'like'='KINGLIKE'

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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