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Continue to make jeering remarks in a West Country town (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

taunton

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'remarks in a west country town' is the definition.
'taunton' can be an answer for 'town' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'remarks in a west country' bit.

'continue to make jeering' is the wordplay.
'continue' becomes 'on' (I've seen this in other clues).
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'make jeering' becomes 'taunt' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'on' after 'taunt' is 'TAUNTON'.

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(Other definitions for taunton that I've seen before include "Somerset's county town" , "English town" , "County town of Somerset" , "Home of Somerset CCC" , "SW town" .)

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