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Oscar turned up collar in Scottish resort (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oban

'scottish resort' is the definition.
(resort town in Scotland)

'oscar turned up collar' is the wordplay.
'oscar' becomes 'O' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'turned up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'collar' becomes 'nab' (both can mean to catch a person).
'nab' backwards is 'ban'.
'o'+'ban'='OBAN'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for oban that I've seen before include "Western Scottish port" , "port required" , "Port and holiday centre on the west coast of Scotland" , "Scottish west coast resort" , "Argyll town" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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