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County has address centrally within mall perhaps to let (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shropshire

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'county' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'to let' is the wordplay.
'to' becomes 'shrops' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'let' becomes 'hire' (I've seen this in another clue).
'shrops'+'hire'='SHROPSHIRE'

'has address centrally within mall perhaps' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for shropshire that I've seen before include "county" , "Region of England" , "largely rural location" .)

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