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Local ranch where Incas ate perhaps (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

estancia

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'local ranch' is the definition.
'estancia' can be an answer for 'ranch' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'local' bit.

'incas ate perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' is an anagram indicator.
'incas'+'ate'='incasate'
'incasate' is an anagram of 'ESTANCIA'.

'where' is the link.

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(Other definitions for estancia that I've seen before include "Southern US cattle ranch" , "Spanish-American cattle-estate" , "spread over America" , "cattle station?" , "Latin American cattle ranch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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