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Part of football pitch where energy's located? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

midfield

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'where energy's located?' is the definition.
The answer is a location as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'part of football pitch' is the wordplay.
'part of football' becomes 'mid' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pitch' becomes 'field' (I've seen this before).
'mid'+'field'='MIDFIELD'

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(Other definitions for midfield that I've seen before include "Centre of pitch (soccer)" , "Central football area" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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