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Our place by middle of Shakespeare's Globe (6)

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I believe the answer is:

sphere

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'globe' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'our place by middle of shakespeare's' is the wordplay.
'our place' becomes 'here' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'middle of' indicates the central letters.
The middle letters of 'shakespeares' are 'sp'.
'here' put after 'sp' is 'SPHERE'.

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(Other definitions for sphere that I've seen before include "Ball, bubble" , "Social circle" , "Field; globe" , "Shape of the Earth" , "Territory" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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