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It's up North, this style of loaf (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tin

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

'it's up north this style' is the wordplay.
'it' becomes ''t' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis).
'up north' is a reversal indicator (like on a map - reverse order in down clue).
'this style' becomes 'ni' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ni' back-to-front is 'in'.
't'+'in'='TIN'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tin that I've seen before include "Silver-white metal, used to make cans" , "loaf of bread" , "Atomic number 50" , "Silvery-white metal used in cans" , "Canister" .)

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