Children's character out of place in New York? (5)

I believe the answer is:

noddy

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'children's character' is the definition.
(in books by Enid Blyton)

'of place in new york?' is the wordplay.
'of' becomes 'o''.
'place' becomes 'dd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'new york?' becomes 'ny'.
'o'+'dd'='odd'
'odd' inserted inside 'ny' is 'NODDY'.

'out' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for noddy that I've seen before include "Enid Blyton character" , "Blyton character - tern" , "Big Ears' friend" , "Sea bird" , "Little Blyton creation" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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