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Leaving England's capital for somewhere in Somerset (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

frome

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'somewhere in somerset' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'leaving england's capital' is the wordplay.
'leaving england' becomes 'f' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'capital' becomes 'Rome' (capital of Italy).
'f'+'rome'='FROME'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for frome that I've seen before include "Somerset town" , "West Country town" .)

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