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Unusually, Egham ____ includes rowing, skiffing and punting races (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

regatta

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'unusually egham includes rowing skiffing and punting' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'races' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'races' could be 'tt' (Isle of Man Tourist Trophy races) and 'tt' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for regatta that I've seen before include "Boat racing event" , "Boat race-meeting" , "Sailing races" , "Boating event" , "Display of boats" .)

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