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In London, a station of the North? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

angel

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'in london' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

'a station of the north?' is the wordplay.
'a' becomes 'an'.
'station of the north?' becomes 'gel' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'an'+'gel'='ANGEL'

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(Other definitions for angel that I've seen before include "Glean (anag.)" , "Winged spiritual being" , "Obliging person" , "Messenger < is a nurse" , "Messenger of God" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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