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Like cereal from SW England? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cornish

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'sw england?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

'like cereal' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'like' could be 'ish' (similar in meaning) and 'ish' is found within the answer.
'cereal' could be 'corn' (corn is a kind of cereal) and 'corn' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'from' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for cornish that I've seen before include "West Country" , "Rich son (anag)" , "A Celtic language" , "From a far SW county" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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