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Port served in a speakeasy? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aden

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'port' is the definition.
(port in Yemen)

'in a speakeasy?' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a' becomes 'an'.
'speakeasy?' becomes 'de' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'an' placed around 'de' is 'ADEN'.

'served' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for aden that I've seen before include "Dean is in the Yemen, strangely" , "Red Sea port" , "Dane in seaport of Yemen" , "Main port of Yemen" , "somewhere on the Arabian peninsula" .)

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