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Canter around the corner in mid position (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

central

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'corner in mid position' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'canter around' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'canter' is 'centra' which is within the answer.
A single letter 'l' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for central that I've seen before include "Middle; crucial" , "Near the middle" , "Most important, principal" , "Extremely important" , "Every answer here has one such letter" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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