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Found close to NW town (6)

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I believe the answer is:

formby

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'found' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'close to nw town' is the wordplay.
'close' becomes 'by' (I've seen this in other clues).
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'nw town' becomes 'form' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'by' after 'form' is 'FORMBY'.

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(Other definitions for formby that I've seen before include "George, comedian, 1904-61" , "George --, English singer and ukulele player" , "Lancashire town or comedian" , "George -, twentieth century ukelele singer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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