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We take a little boy around town (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lewes

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'town' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'we take a little boy' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'we' is present in the answer.
'little' could be 'l' (abbreviation) and 'l' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'es' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'around' is the link.

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(Other definitions for lewes that I've seen before include "somewhere in Sussex" , "E. Sussex battle" , "Administrative town of East Sussex" , "Town near Glyndebourne" , "East fourteen Dn town" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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