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Big house in local police area (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manor

This clue is a double definition.

'big house' is the first definition.
(I've seen this before)

'local police area' is the second definition.
(informal term for a police station's local area)

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for manor that I've seen before include "Mansion of a wealthy person" , "Big house - police district" , "house on estate" , "patch" , "police area" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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