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Peters to take Liverpool Walton? (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

safe seat

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'liverpool walton?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'peters to take' is the wordplay.
'peters' becomes 'safes' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to take' becomes 'eat' (eat can mean to take in food).
'safes'+'eat'='SAFE SEAT'

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(Other definitions for safe seat that I've seen before include "MP's desire" , "What politician would like" , "one of a great majority" , "Constituency unlikely to be lost" , "Politician's dream" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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