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Clear location around a team (7,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crystal palace

'team' is the definition.
(football team)

'clear location around a' is the wordplay.
'clear' becomes 'crystal' (as in 'crystal clear').
'location' becomes 'place' (place is a kind of location).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'place' enclosing 'a' is 'palace'.
'crystal'+'palace'='CRYSTAL PALACE'

(Other definitions for crystal palace that I've seen before include "Joseph Paxton's 1851 creation" , "London football club" , "Former London landmark" , "building for display" , "Footballers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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