Place that makes sense in the Ruhr (5)

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essen

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'in the ruhr' is the definition.
(city in the Ruhr region of Germany)

'place that makes sense' is the wordplay.
'sense' anagrams to 'ESSEN'.
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(Other definitions for essen that I've seen before include "city in the Ruhr valley" , "German industrial city on the Ruhr" , "Krupp HQ (Ger.)" , "Main industrial city of the Ruhr" , "German place name" .)

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

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