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Place free of corruption (6)

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putrid

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'corruption' is the definition.
The definition and answer are not the same part of speech.

'place free' is the wordplay.
'place' becomes 'put' (synonyms).
'free' becomes 'rid' (to be free of something is to be rid of it).
'put'+'rid'='PUTRID'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for putrid that I've seen before include "Decomposed, rotting" , "Decomposing and fetid" , "Decaying, really rotten" , "Bad smelling, rotting" , "Decayed, rotten" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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