Where, near Scarborough, there's new life for a Yankee (5)

I believe the answer is:

filey

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'where near scarborough' is the definition.
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'new life for a yankee' is the wordplay.
'new' is an anagram indicator.
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'a yankee' becomes 'Y' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'life' is an anagram of 'file'.
'file'+'y'='FILEY'

'there's' acts as a link.

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