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Places echo after shell goes off in coup (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

putsch

'coup' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'places echo after shell goes off' is the wordplay.
'places' becomes 'puts' ('put' can be a synonym of 'place').
'after shell goes off' indicates the central letters (the shell or case of the word is removed).
The centre of 'echo' is 'ch'.
'puts'+'ch'='PUTSCH'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for putsch that I've seen before include "A sudden political uprising" , "political revolt" , "rising" , "A sudden political rebellion" , "Sudden illegal acquisition of power" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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