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She regenerated hood etc after reconstruction in centre of district (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

the doctor

'she regenerated' is the definition.
(ref to main character in Doctor Who)

'hood etc after reconstruction in centre of district' is the wordplay.
'after reconstruction' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'centre of' says to take the centre.
The middle letters of 'district' are 'tr'.
'hood'+'etc'='hoodetc'
'hoodetc' is an anagram of 'hedocto'.
'hedocto' put into 'tr' is 'THE DOCTOR'.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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