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Start replacing second half of trading area like Slough (6)

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marshy

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'like slough' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for marshy that I've seen before include "like Slough" , "Boggy, swampy" , "Like fenlands" , "Waterlogged ground" , "(Of ground) wet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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