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Kent town goes crazy after good goal (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gravesend

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

'goes crazy after good goal' is the wordplay.
'goes crazy' becomes 'raves' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'goal' becomes 'end' (both can mean a purpose).
'raves' after 'g' is 'graves'.
'graves'+'end'='GRAVESEND'

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(Other definitions for gravesend that I've seen before include "Kentish Town" , "Kent town" , "old port" , "Thames estuary town" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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