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Where its hard for drunkards to say the police are dismissive (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leith

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'where its hard for drunkards to say the police are dismissive' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'where its hard' is the wordplay.
'where' becomes 'le' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'its' becomes 'it' (I've seen this in other clues).
'hard' becomes 'h' (abbreviation used in pencil classifications).
'le'+'it'+'h'='LEITH'

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(Other definitions for leith that I've seen before include "Port of Edinburgh" , "Scottish port" .)

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