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Mope around -- then breeze back from shops (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emporia

'shops' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'mope around then breeze back' is the wordplay.
'around' indicates anagramming the letters.
'then' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'breeze' becomes 'air' ('air' can be a synonym of 'breeze').
'back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'air' in reverse letter order is 'ria'.
'mope' is an anagram of 'empo'.
'empo'+'ria'='EMPORIA'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for emporia that I've seen before include "I'm a rope (anag)" , "Large retail shops" , "sales outlets" , "Large retail outlets" , "Large stores" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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