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A place in between tip-up seats (7)

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I believe the answer is:

staines

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'a place in between tip-up seats' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'in between tip-up seats' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'in' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'seats' is 'staes' which is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for staines that I've seen before include "Town SW of Heathrow" , "Surrey town on Thames" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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