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Smack in Staffordshire town changing hands (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reek

'smack' is the definition.
(both can mean to smell)

I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for reek that I've seen before include "Smell, like a Kerry mountain?" , "Smell bad" , "Effluvium" , "bad odour" , "Smell badly" .)

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