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Fish product around box on river in Kentish Town (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rochester

'kentish town' is the definition.
(Rochester is a town in Kent)

'fish product around box on river' is the wordplay.
'fish product' becomes 'roe' (fish eggs).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'box' becomes 'chest' (chest is a kind of box).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'river' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for river).
'roe' placed around 'chest' is 'rocheste'.
'rocheste'+'r'='ROCHESTER'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for rochester that I've seen before include "Kentish Town" , "Kent town" , "Kent cathedral city" , "One city" , "Madwoman's husband" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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