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Prepare endlessly and study in China (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dresden

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'china' is the definition.
(a type of porcelain)

'prepare endlessly and study in' is the wordplay.
'prepare' becomes 'dress' (dressing is a kind of preparing).
'endlessly' means to remove the last letter.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'study in' becomes 'den' (term for a study or office. I am not sure about the 'in' bit.).
'dress' with its final letter taken off is 'dres'.
'dres'+'den'='DRESDEN'

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(Other definitions for dresden that I've seen before include "Fine china named after German city" , "Decorated china" , "Famous china made at Meissen" , "German city known for its china" , "Red Ned's in the German city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Telegraph.
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