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Where Tree mostly would inspire enthusiasm! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

theatre

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'where tree mostly would inspire enthusiasm' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.

'where tree mostly' is the wordplay.
'where' becomes 'thea' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'mostly' means to remove the last letter (most but not all of the word).
'tree' with its last letter removed is 'tre'.
'thea'+'tre'='THEATRE'

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(Other definitions for theatre that I've seen before include "stage productions" , "Building for drama" , "(Lecture) room" , "Building for the dramatic arts" , "Where you might find ham" .)

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