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Place of pride (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

london

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'place of pride' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for london that I've seen before include "source of this paper" , "US writer" , "Construction across the Thames near the Monument" , "UK's capital" , "City for the non-old, oddly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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