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Smith's property held by Granville (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anvil

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'smith's property' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'held by granville' is the wordplay.
'held by' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'ANVIL' can be found hidden inside 'granville'.

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(Other definitions for anvil that I've seen before include "Smithy's last" , "One getting hammered regularly" , "Iron block; incus" , "Smith's heavy iron block" , "Smithy's block" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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