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Option to change someone who lives in a place (11)

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I believe the answer is:

alternative

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'option' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'change someone who lives in a place' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'change' could be 'alter' (synonyms) and 'alter' is located in the answer.
'someone' could be 'native' (native is a kind of someone) and 'native' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for alternative that I've seen before include "(Of two things) mutually exclusive" , "One of two or more available possibilities" , "One possible option" , "Substitute" , "One of a number of possibilities" .)

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