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North Warwickshire town where sister misplaced a note … (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nuneaton

'north warwickshire town' is the definition.
(Nuneaton is a town in Warwickshire)

'sister misplaced a note' is the wordplay.
'sister' becomes 'nun' (sister is a term of address for a nun).
'misplaced' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'note'='anote'
'anote' is an anagram of 'eaton'.
'nun'+'eaton'='NUNEATON'

'where' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for nuneaton that I've seen before include "midlands town" , "Warwickshire town" , "northern English town" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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