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When aboard taxi, half of English county's a more exotic place (10)

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I believe the answer is:

casablanca

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'more exotic place' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'when aboard taxi half of english county's a' is the wordplay.
'when' becomes 'as' (eg 'when I walked' means 'as I walked').
'aboard' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'taxi' becomes 'cab' (synonyms).
'half of english county's' becomes 'lanc' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'as' inserted into 'cab' is 'casab'.
'casab'+'lanc'+'a'='CASABLANCA'

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(Other definitions for casablanca that I've seen before include "City and port of Morocco" , "Moroccan city; film" , "romantic movie" , "Famous Bogart film" , "1942 film starring Bogart and Bergman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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