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Whence there's half a mile to go to the match, maybe (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mitcham

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'whence' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'half a mile to go to the match maybe' is the wordplay.
'half a' indicates taking half.
'to go to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'maybe' indicates anagramming the letters.
'mile' with half the letters taken is 'mi'.
'match' with letters rearranged gives 'tcham'.
'mi'+'tcham'='MITCHAM'

'there's' is the link.

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