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Religious female at school, reportedly, in West Midlands town (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nuneaton

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'midlands town' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'religious female at school reportedly in' is the wordplay.
'religious female' becomes 'nun' (I've seen this before).
'school reportedly' becomes 'eon' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'at' inserted inside 'eon' is 'eaton'.
'nun'+'eaton'='NUNEATON'

'west' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for nuneaton that I've seen before include "northern English town" , "midlands town" , "Warwickshire town" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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