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Foundation stone in Blenheim sat askew (13)

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I believe the answer is:

establishment

'foundation' is the definition.
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'stone in blenheim sat askew' is the wordplay.
'stone' becomes 'st'.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'askew' is an anagram indicator.
'blenheim'+'sat'='blenheimsat'
'blenheimsat' with letters rearranged gives 'eablishment'.
'st' put inside 'eablishment' is 'ESTABLISHMENT'.

(Other definitions for establishment that I've seen before include "Foundation" , "powers that be" , "Permanent staff; business; household" , "Act of setting up" , "Formation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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