Generally favoured community centre in Poplar (7)

I believe the answer is:

popular

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'generally favoured' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs occasionally define each other.

'community centre in poplar' is the wordplay.
'centre' means to look at the middle letters.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
The centre of 'community' is 'u'.
'u' going within 'poplar' is 'POPULAR'.

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(Other definitions for popular that I've seen before include "Demotic" , "having many fans" , "Commonly known" , "appealing to the public" , "Fashionable" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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