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Service held in (clears throat) site of Monty's overreach (6)

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I believe the answer is:

arnhem

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'clears throat site of monty's overreach' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'service held in' is the wordplay.
'service' becomes 'RN' (abbreviation for Royal Navy).
'held' becomes 'ahem' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'rn' put inside 'ahem' is 'ARNHEM'.

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(Other definitions for arnhem that I've seen before include "Second World War battle" , "WW2 battle" , "place noted for fighting" , "Location of battle" , "Netherlands scene of 1944 battle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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