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The actual part of Ealing with a tourist centre (4)

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I believe the answer is:

real

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'the actual' is the definition.
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'part of ealing with a tourist centre' is the wordplay.
'part of ealing' becomes 'eal' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'centre' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle letter of 'tourist' is 'r'.
'eal' put after 'r' is 'REAL'.

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(Other definitions for real that I've seen before include "In America, this estate comprises land and buildings" , "Physically existing" , "Certainly no counterfeit" , "Working together" , "Actual; Brazilian currency" .)

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