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Waste littered road in which seaside town? (8,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

westward ho

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'seaside town?' is the definition.
(I know that Westward Ho! is a seaside town)

'waste littered road' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'waste' is 'estwa' which is within the answer.
'road' could be 'rd' (abbreviation) and 'rd' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'who' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in which' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for westward ho that I've seen before include "novel" , "place in Devon" , "Romance" , "How sun moves in front of house?" , "Village" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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