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Name the news centre at Leatherhead (3)

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I believe the answer is:

lew

'name' is the definition.

'news centre at leatherhead' is the wordplay.
'centre' means to look at the middle letters.
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'leatherhead' becomes 'l' (head letter of 'leather').
The centre of 'news' is 'ew'.
'ew' put after 'l' is 'LEW'.

'the' acts as a link.

(Another definition for lew that I've seen is " Not overheated".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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