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See if land suffers with raking fires (9)

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I believe the answer is:

enfilades

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'raking fires' is the definition.
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'see if land suffers' is the wordplay.
'suffers' indicates anagramming the letters.
'see'+'if'+'land'='seeifland'
'seeifland' with letters rearranged gives 'ENFILADES'.

'with' acts as a link.

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