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Shed clipper somewhere in North Devon (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

barnstaple

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'somewhere in north devon' is the definition.
(I know that Barnstaple is a located in the administrative territorial entity of Barnstaple)

'shed clipper' is the wordplay.
'shed' becomes 'barn' (I have seen 'Large shed ' mean 'barn' so perhaps 'shed' could also mean 'barn').
'clipper' becomes 'staple' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'barn'+'staple'='BARNSTAPLE'

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(Other definitions for barnstaple that I've seen before include "Town of North Devon" , "Devon location" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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