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Group with warden question inspector, confused about uniform (6,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cinque ports

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'group with warden' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'question inspector confused about uniform' is the wordplay.
'question' becomes 'q'.
'confused' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'uniform' becomes 'U' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'q'+'inspector'='qinspector'
'qinspector' is an anagram of 'cinqeports'.
'cinqeports' placed around 'u' is 'CINQUE PORTS'.

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(Other definitions for cinque ports that I've seen before include "Dover, Hastings, Hythe, Romney and Sandwich" , "Ancient association of harbour towns on southeast coast" , "Historic Southeast coast towns" .)

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