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Reportedly that place is belonging to that person (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

their

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'belonging to that person' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'reportedly that place' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'that place' becomes 'there' (as opposed to 'here' meaning this place).
'there' sounds like 'THEIR'.

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for their that I've seen before include "Belonging to him (perhaps wrongly)" , "Relating to them" , "Those people's" , "belonging to an individual" , "Belonging to those people" .)

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