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Alpine sun transformed some narrow land (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peninsula

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'some narrow land' is the definition.
'peninsula' can be an answer for 'land' (peninsula is a kind of land). I am not certain of the 'some narrow' bit.

'alpine sun transformed' is the wordplay.
'transformed' is an anagram indicator.
'alpine'+'sun'='alpinesun'
'alpinesun' anagrammed gives 'PENINSULA'.

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(Other definitions for peninsula that I've seen before include "War-zone" , "Lower California, say" , "Large land-mass projecting into a body of water" , "Piece of land projecting into water" , "cape" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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