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Empty Sherpa van by seafront abandoned in parklands (7-6)

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savanna-forest

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'parklands' is the definition.
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'empty sherpa van by seafront abandoned' is the wordplay.
'empty' means to remove the middle letters.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'abandoned' is an anagram indicator (the original order is abandoned).
'sherpa' with its centre removed is 'sa'.
'seafront' with letters rearranged gives 'naforest'.
'sa'+'van'+'naforest'='SAVANNA-FOREST'

'in' is the link.

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