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The shape of Kennington (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oval

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'the shape' is the definition.
(oval is a kind of shape)

'of kennington' is the wordplay.
'of' becomes 'o''.
'kennington' becomes 'val' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'o'+'val'='OVAL'

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(Other definitions for oval that I've seen before include "London cricket ground" , "Egg shape, roughly" , "Egg-shaped - cricket ground" , "Shape of 25" , "sports ground" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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