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Attractive area where I am deflecting bombs (8,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

magnetic field

'attractive area' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'i am deflecting bombs' is the wordplay.
'bombs' indicates anagramming the letters.
'i'+'am'+'deflecting'='iamdeflecting'
'iamdeflecting' with letters rearranged gives 'MAGNETIC FIELD'.

'where' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for magnetic field that I've seen before include "Attractive area" , "It can pull some objects" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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