Country bumpkin takes a wife in Scottish town (6)

I believe the answer is:

hawick

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'scottish town' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'country bumpkin takes a wife' is the wordplay.
'country bumpkin' becomes 'hick' (I've seen this in another clue).
'takes' indicates putting letters inside.
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'a'+'w'='aw'
'hick' placed around 'aw' is 'HAWICK'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for hawick that I've seen is " border town".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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