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Victoria maybe in dishevelled raiment by lake (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

terminal

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'victoria maybe' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'dishevelled raiment by lake' is the wordplay.
'dishevelled' indicates an anagram.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'lake' becomes 'L' (geographical abbreviation).
'raiment' is an anagram of 'termina'.
'termina'+'l'='TERMINAL'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for terminal that I've seen before include "Ending in death" , "confirming departure" , "At the end; connection" , "Deathly" , "Situated at the end" .)

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