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Beach where maiden wears nothing, I see! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

omaha

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

'maiden wears nothing i see' is the wordplay.
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'wears' is an insertion indicator.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'i see' becomes 'aha' (both are said after realising something).
'o'+'aha'='oaha'
'm' placed into 'oaha' is 'OMAHA'.

'where' is the link.

(Other definitions for omaha that I've seen before include "Where American may work" , "O, a ham found in US city on Missouri river" , "American-Indians" , "US city; D-Day 16" , "Nebraska's largest city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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