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Half an hour getting dry out in the lane (5)

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I believe the answer is:

drury

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

'half an hour getting dry out' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'half an hour' could be 'ur' and 'ur' is found within the answer.
'dry out' could be 'dry' ('dry' can be a synonym of 'dry out') and 'dry' is found within the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for drury that I've seen before include "Nell Gwyn's Lane" , "- - Lane (theatre)" , "London lane/theatre" , "Lane in London''s theatreland" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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