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Where a wooden horse shot out of the ring? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

troy

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'where a wooden horse' is the definition.
The answer is a location as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'shot out of the ring?' is the wordplay.
'shot' becomes 'try' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'out of' is an insertion indicator.
'the ring?' becomes 'o'.
'try' going around 'o' is 'TROY'.

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(Other definitions for troy that I've seen before include "Helen of --, beauty" , "City of Paris" , "Hardy sergeant" , "City besieged by Greeks to rescue Helen" , "Ancient beseiged city" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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