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Wartime beach: second that’s turned over, I see (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

omaha

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'wartime beach' is the definition.
'omaha' can be an answer for 'beach' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'wartime' bit.

'second that's turned over i see' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 'mo' (both are short periods of time).
'that's turned over' says the letters should be written backwards.
'i see' becomes 'aha' (both are said after realising something).
'mo' reversed gives 'om'.
'om'+'aha'='OMAHA'

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(Other definitions for omaha that I've seen before include "Nebraska city and code-named beach of D-Day landings" , "American Indian" , "place in Nebraska" , "US 1944 D-Day landing beach" , "Nebraska's largest city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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