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Whatever happens in North Broadway? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anyroad

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'whatever happens in north broadway?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'whatever happens in north broadway?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'whatever' could be 'any' (anything whatsoever) and 'any' is present in the answer.
'broadway?' could be 'road' (broadway is a kind of road) and 'road' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for anyroad that I've seen is " however".)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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