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Attraction at Greenwich? Intend to go round free one (8)

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I believe the answer is:

meridian

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'attraction at greenwich?' is the definition.
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'intend to go round free one' is the wordplay.
'intend' becomes 'mean' (meaning is a kind of intending).
'to go round' indicates putting letters inside.
'free' becomes 'rid' (to be free of something is to be rid of it).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'rid'+'i'='ridi'
'mean' going around 'ridi' is 'MERIDIAN'.

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(Other definitions for meridian that I've seen before include "Highest point" , "Such as passes through Greenwich" , "Line such as one through Greenwich" , "One passing through Greenwich" , "Circle of longitude" .)

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