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Pilot and her new place to land? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heliport

'place to land?' is the definition.
(where to land a helicopter)

'pilot and her new' is the wordplay.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'new' indicates an anagram.
'pilot' put after 'her' is 'herpilot'.
'herpilot' is an anagram of 'HELIPORT'.

(Other definitions for heliport that I've seen before include "Rotary-winged landing place" , "landing area" , "Help trio (anag.)" , "landing platform" , "Drome for choppers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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