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Could be lucky at many a meeting place (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mascot

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'could be lucky' is the definition.
I know that 'lucky' relates to this answer.

'many a meeting place' is the wordplay.
'many' becomes 'M' (Roman numeral for a thousand).
'meeting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'place' becomes 'scot' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'm'+'a'+'scot'='MASCOT'

'at' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for mascot that I've seen before include "Lucky person" , ".Person or thing believed to bring good luck" , "Symbolic lucky figure" , "It's adopted, by a team say, as a symbol" , "Character or object used to bring good luck, or represent an organisation" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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