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Women collide and stall in Kent port (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

whitstable

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'kent port' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adjective which matches the answer.

'women collide and stall' is the wordplay.
'women' becomes 'w' (standard abbreviation).
'collide' becomes 'hit' (I've seen this in another clue).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'stall' becomes 'stable' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'w'+'hit'+'stable'='WHITSTABLE'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for whitstable that I've seen before include "Somewhere in Kent" , "Kent seaside town" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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