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Driver's club lying around golf range (3)

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I believe the answer is:

aga

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'range' is the definition.
(type of cooking range)

'driver's club lying around golf' is the wordplay.
'driver's club' becomes 'aa' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'lying around' indicates putting letters inside.
'golf' becomes 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'aa' placed around 'g' is 'AGA'.

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(Other definitions for aga that I've seen before include "military leader" , "Eastern leader" , "Military commander in the Ottoman Empire" , "Proprietary name for a domestic stove" , "Swedish stove" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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