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Heading for shelter from conflict in city (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leewards

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'heading for shelter from' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'conflict in city' is the wordplay.
'conflict' becomes 'war' (war is a kind of conflict).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'city' becomes 'leeds' (city in England).
'war' placed into 'leeds' is 'LEEWARDS'.

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(Other definitions for leewards that I've seen before include "Toward the sheltered sides" , "Toward the sheltered side" , "The side that is sheltered from the wind" , "Towards the sheltered side" .)

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