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Where a Dane would seem out of place? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aden

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'where a dane would seem out of place?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'where a dane' is the wordplay.
'where' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'dane' is an anagram of 'ADEN'.

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(Other definitions for aden that I've seen before include "Dean is in the Yemen, strangely" , "foreign climes" , "somewhere on the Arabian peninsula" , "Dean out in the seaport city" , "Dane in seaport of Yemen" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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