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Notice attached to rear part of garden gate (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

postern

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'gate' is the definition.
(postern is a kind of gate)

'notice attached to rear part of garden' is the wordplay.
'notice' becomes 'poster' (synonyms).
'attached to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'rear part of garden' becomes 'n' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'poster'+'n'='POSTERN'

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(Other definitions for postern that I've seen before include "where tradesmen enter?" , "Back or side entrance" , "Back door eg of castle" , "a way in the back" , "Rear entrance" .)

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