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Unshod, poor explorer of North America (6)

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I believe the answer is:

hudson

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'explorer of north america' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both natural objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'unshod poor' is the wordplay.
'poor' is an anagram indicator.
'unshod' with letters rearranged gives 'HUDSON'.

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(Other definitions for hudson that I've seen before include "New York river; Upstairs/ Downstairs butler" , "River in New York city" , "NY river; Canadian Bay" , "ROCK] a > banker" , "Large bay in Canada" .)

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