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Like a new drome at the North Pole! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

modern

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'like' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'a new drome at the north pole' is the wordplay.
'a new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'the north pole' becomes 'n' (abbreviation for North, as in North Pole. I am not sure about the 'north' bit.).
'drome' is an anagram of 'moder'.
'moder'+'n'='MODERN'

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(Other definitions for modern that I've seen before include "Fashionable (like the new Tate gallery?)" , "Up to date, of present times" , "Belonging to the present or recent times" , "Activity of 18 ac" , "See 11" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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