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Area with great resources but not one sign of McDonald’s (6)

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I believe the answer is:

arches

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'area with great resources but' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'one sign of mcdonald's' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'a' (a thing is one thing) and 'a' is present in the answer.
'sign' could be 'he' (he is a kind of sign) and 'he' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'rcs' 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).

'not' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for arches that I've seen before include "Curved under-parts of the feet" , "Search (anag.)" , "Curved structures" , "Vaults" , "Curved shapes that span openings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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