Captain Christie created coat for Henrietta Burns (8)

I believe the answer is:

hastings

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'captain christie' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'coat for henrietta burns' is the wordplay.
'coat for' suggests removing the centre (the letters which coat the word).
'burns' becomes 'stings' ('sting' can be a synonym of 'burn').
'henrietta' with its middle removed is 'ha'.
'ha'+'stings'='HASTINGS'

'created' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for hastings that I've seen before include "South coast resort" , "Harold's objective?" , "Ten sixty six battle" , "Town in East Sussex" , "somewhere in Sussex" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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