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Somewhere in California I see in Maine, surprisingly? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anaheim

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'somewhere in california' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'i see in maine surprisingly?' is the wordplay.
'i see' becomes 'ah' (exclamation used to indicate understanding).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'surprisingly?' indicates anagramming the letters (a surprising ordering of the letters).
'maine' anagrammed gives 'aneim'.
'ah' going inside 'aneim' is 'ANAHEIM'.

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(Other definitions for anaheim that I've seen before include "Californian city" , "Disneyland's home" .)

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