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Garden where partners had a fall (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eden

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'garden' is the definition.
(Garden of Eden in the Bible)

'partners had a fall' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'had' could be 'd' (in contractions e.g. 'I'd', 'you'd' etc) and 'd' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'een' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'where' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for eden that I've seen before include "Cornish garden; paradise" , "Our leader once" , "Place of complete bliss" , "project in the south west" , "5,27 [PRIME MINISTER]" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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