Regal Sounding Term for a Payment to an Author

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Circus, Group 81, Puzzle 1 (Grand Entry).

Question is: Regal Sounding Term for a Payment to an Author

and the answer is: ROYALTY

Word Meaning:

ROYALTY — The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.

Definitions from Wiktionary.

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