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Wood surrounding a place of entertainment (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fair

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'place of entertainment' is the definition.
'fair' can be an answer for 'entertainment' (as in a fun fair). I'm not certain of the 'place of' bit.

'wood surrounding a' is the wordplay.
'wood' becomes 'fir' (fir is a kind of wood).
'surrounding' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fir' going around 'a' is 'FAIR'.

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(Other definitions for fair that I've seen before include "Equitable, just (4)" , "See 14" , "'Show, exhibition, market (4)'" , "Decent" , "Just - swings and roundabouts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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