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Obscure boozer in east Morecambe? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

esoteric

'obscure' is the definition.
(requiring specialist knowledge or special interest)

'boozer in east morecambe?' is the wordplay.
'boozer' becomes 'sot' (both can mean someone who drinks too much).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'east' becomes 'e' (synonyms).
'morecambe?' becomes 'eric' (comedian Eric Morecambe).
'e'+'eric'='eeric'
'sot' put within 'eeric' is 'ESOTERIC'.

(Other definitions for esoteric that I've seen before include "Abstruse; secret" , "Aimed at a few" , "Secret, mysterious" , "Intelligible only to informed people in coteries" , "Understandable by only an enlightened inner circle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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