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Arrives with a couple of letters (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lands

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'arrives' is the definition.
(landing is a kind of arriving)

'with a couple of letters' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a' becomes 'an'.
'couple of letters' becomes 'lds' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'an' inserted inside 'lds' is 'LANDS'.

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(Other definitions for lands that I've seen before include "Alights" , "Comes ashore" , "See 21" , "Obtains" .)

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