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Neckwear from Herts town – it makes a comeback in Home Counties (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

string tie

'neckwear' is the definition.
(string tie is a kind of neckwear)

'herts town it makes a comeback in home counties' is the wordplay.
'herts town' becomes 't ring' (I've seen this before).
'makes a comeback' says the letters should be written backwards (I've seen 'making a comeback' mean this).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'home counties' becomes 'SE' (Home Counties in the South East of England).
'it' backwards is 'ti'.
'tring'+'ti'='tringti'
'tringti' inserted within 'se' is 'STRING-TIE'.

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for string tie that I've seen before include "Thin band round neck" , "one thin round the neck" , "One may go round collaring" .)

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