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Farm out west of Chippewa on land with reserve to the north (11)

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I believe the answer is:

subcontract

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'farm out' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'west of chippewa on land with reserve to the north' is the wordplay.
'west of' says to take the initial letters (most west - leftmost - letter).
'land with' becomes 'tract' (tract can mean an area of land. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'reserve' becomes 'sub' (substitute).
'to the north' says to put letters next to each other (some letters go above or north of others).
The first letter of 'chippewa' is 'c'.
'c'+'on'+'tract'='contract'
'contract' after 'sub' is 'SUBCONTRACT'.

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(Other definitions for subcontract that I've seen before include "Let out" , "delegate" , "Farm work out" .)

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