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Charms of racecourse in Mauritius (7)

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I believe the answer is:

mascots

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'charms' is the definition.
('mascot' can be a synonym of 'charm')

'racecourse in mauritius' is the wordplay.
'racecourse' becomes 'ascot' (British racecourse).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'mauritius' becomes 'ms' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ascot' going inside 'ms' is 'MASCOTS'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for mascots that I've seen before include "Talismans" , "may bring fortune" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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