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Town with pier one has left abandoned, somewhere in Wales? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

newport

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'in wales?' is the definition.
('Newport' is part of 'wales')

'town with pier one has left abandoned' is the wordplay.
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'has left' suggests deleting specific letters.
'abandoned' is an anagram indicator (the original order is abandoned).
'town' going around 'pier' is 'towpiern'.
'towpiern' with 'i' taken away is 'towpern'.
'towpern' anagrammed gives 'NEWPORT'.

'somewhere' is the link.
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(Other definitions for newport that I've seen before include "Welsh town" , "- - , IOW or RI" , "Welsh city on the Usk" , "Major IOW town" , "harbour town" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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