Crossword Genius

Cemetery corpse in edgeless hole reanimates (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

necropolis

'cemetery' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'corpse in edgeless hole reanimates' is the wordplay.
'edgeless' says to take the centre (the letters at the edges are removed).
'reanimates' is an anagram indicator (letters moved or animated in a new way).
The central letters of 'hole' are 'ol'.
'corpse'+'in'+'ol'='corpseinol'
'corpseinol' with letters rearranged gives 'NECROPOLIS'.

(Other definitions for necropolis that I've seen before include "Ripon Close (anag) - cemetery" , "burial site" , "Large ancient cemetery" .)

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