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A
relative
(not
I)
appropriating
little
Dorothy’s
account
(8)
A relative (not I) appropriating little Dorothy’s account (8)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
Look at account at the end — that's your definition, a story or tale. You take A, then a relative gives you NIECE, but not I means you strip out the I to leave NECE, and then little Dorothy — DOT — gets tucked inside to give you A-NEC-DOT-E.