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A lot of Uzbeks skimmed stockpile county provided (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tashkent

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'a lot' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'uzbeks skimmed stockpile county provided' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'county' could be 'kent' (Kent is an example) and 'kent' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'tash' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for tashkent that I've seen before include "Uzbek city on the old Silk Road" , "Central Asian capital" , "Uzbek capital" , "somewhere in Asia" , "Capital in central Asia" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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