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March for breakaway? Not Home Counties (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

procession

'march' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'for breakaway? not home counties' is the wordplay.
'for' becomes 'pro' (I've seen this before).
'breakaway?' becomes 'secession' (breakaway is a kind of secession).
'not' suggests deleting specific letters.
'home counties' becomes 'se'.
'secession' with 'se' taken out is 'cession'.
'pro'+'cession'='PROCESSION'

(Other definitions for procession that I've seen before include "Parade, cavalcade" , "Motorcade" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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