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Mark's heard somewhere in Surrey (7)

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I believe the answer is:

staines

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'mark's heard somewhere in surrey' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'mark's heard somewhere in' is the wordplay.
'mark's' becomes 'stain's' ('stain' can be a synonym of 'mark').
'heard somewhere' becomes 'e' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'stains' enclosing 'e' is 'STAINES'.

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(Other definitions for staines that I've seen before include "Surrey town on Thames" , "Town SW of Heathrow" .)

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