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The fat of the land do we hear? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grease

'the fat' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'the land do we hear?' is the wordplay.
'the land' becomes 'greece' (Greece is an example).
'do we hear?' shows a homophone (sound like).
'greece' sounds like 'GREASE'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for grease that I've seen before include "Travolta's 1978 film" , "Fatty lubricant" , "-- gun; -- monkey" , "Musical - lubricant" , "Possible cause of slip-up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, The Telegraph and The Sun.
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