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Cherish wonderfully English cheese (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cheshire

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'english cheese' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'cherish wonderfully' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'cherish' is 'cheshir' which is located in the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for cheshire that I've seen before include "division in England" , "Cat with broad smile, from English county" , "English cheese or cat" , "Crumbly cheese from northwest England" , "Crumbly cheese from English county" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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