Band heard in a Cheshire town (5)

I believe the answer is:

crewe

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'a cheshire town' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'band heard' is the wordplay.
'band' becomes 'crew' (I've seen this before).
'heard' becomes 'e' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'crew'+'e'='CREWE'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for crewe that I've seen before include "Cheshire town long associated with railways" , "Ace wanderer lax (anag)" , "railway junction" , "Famous railway town" , "Cheshire town of railway fame" .)

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