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Loud soldiers in Bow, tough place for chickens (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

farmyard

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'place for chickens' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'loud soldiers in bow tough' is the wordplay.
'loud' becomes 'f' (short for forte - 'loud' in music).
'soldiers' becomes 'army' (group of soldiers).
'in bow tough' becomes ''ard' ('hard' - synonyms - said with the 'H' dropped - a cockney accent.).
'f'+'army'+'ard'='FARMYARD'

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(Other definitions for farmyard that I've seen before include "Area surrounded by agricultural buildings" , "Fry drama (anag)" , "Coarse" , "Central part of agricultural unit" , "Rural enclosure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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