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Wrong answer, with Epsom initially entered for 'horse-racing town' (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

siena

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'town' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Tuscan town ' mean 'siena' so perhaps 'town' could also mean 'siena')

'wrong answer with epsom initially entered' is the wordplay.
'wrong' becomes 'sin' (wrong can mean a sin or crime).
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'entered' indicates putting letters inside.
The first letter of 'epsom' is 'e'.
'sin'+'a'='sina'
'sina' going around 'e' is 'SIENA'.

'for horse-racing' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for siena that I've seen before include "Walled city of Tuscany" , "Tuscan city" , "Italian city strangely in sea" , "somewhere in Italy)" , "City of St Catherine in Tuscany" .)

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