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Leave central Spain for somewhere in India (3)

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I believe the answer is:

goa

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

'leave central spain' is the wordplay.
'leave' becomes 'go' (to go is to depart or leave).
'central' means to look at the middle letters.
The centre of 'spain' is 'a'.
'go'+'a'='GOA'

'for somewhere' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for goa that I've seen before include "Former Portuguese territory in India" , "State of SW India" , "Region of India" , "Suitable place in India" , "holiday destination in Asia" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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