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Informed Ohio about drug manufacturing centre there (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

toledo

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'centre there' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'informed ohio about drug' is the wordplay.
'informed' becomes 'told' (telling is a kind of informing).
'ohio' becomes 'o'.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'drug' becomes 'e' (e is another name for ecstasy).
'told'+'o'='toldo'
'toldo' enclosing 'e' is 'TOLEDO'.

'manufacturing' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for toledo that I've seen before include "Spanish city known for swordmaking" , "Covering, hiding" , "Sp. city, former Visigoth and Castilian capital" , "Spanish city, famous for steel and swords" , "Blade" .)

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