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Hear about girl in leather factory (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tannery

'leather factory' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'hear about girl' is the wordplay.
'hear' becomes 'try' ('try' can be a synonym of 'hear').
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'girl' becomes 'anne' (**).
'try' enclosing 'anne' is 'TANNERY'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tannery that I've seen before include "Building involved in making leather" , "where hides are treated" , "Leather works" , "Leather factory" , "place for skin treatment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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