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Place for cowboys that might provide stew? (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wild west

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'place for cowboys that might provide stew?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for wild west that I've seen before include "old frontier" , "Lawless area of early US settlement" , "location for Stagecoach?" , "Cowboys' home?" , "Cowboy territory" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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