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Old West town in a Mailer novel (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

laramie

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'old west town' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'a mailer novel' is the wordplay.
'novel' is an anagram indicator (letters in a new or novel order).
'a'+'mailer'='amailer'
'amailer' with letters rearranged gives 'LARAMIE'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for laramie that I've seen before include "US city" , "Town featuring in Westerns" , "Wyoming place" , "US town" , "Wyoming city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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