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Name for a large area at central Greenford (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sean

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'name' is the definition.

'a large area at central greenford' is the wordplay.
'a large area' becomes 'sea' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'central' indicates the central letters.
The central letter of 'greenford' is 'n'.
'sea'+'n'='SEAN'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sean that I've seen before include "Irish form of John" , "guy at Number 10 [IRISHMAN]" , "Penn, Bean or O'Casey" , "- - Connery (007)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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