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As there's a bit of noise about, you need somewhere nice and deserted (5)

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I believe the answer is:

oasis

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'somewhere nice and deserted' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'as there's a bit of noise about' is the wordplay.
'there's a bit of noise' becomes 'ois' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'as' put within 'ois' is 'OASIS'.

'you need' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for oasis that I've seen before include "Desert sanctuary" , "Britpop group" , "Band with Liam and Noel Gallagher" , "Peaceful area away from trouble" , "source of water" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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