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Wooded area; to the police, it's right on the map (5)

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I believe the answer is:

copse

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'wooded area' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'the police it's right on the map' is the wordplay.
'the police' becomes 'cops' (cop can informally mean a police officer).
'it's right on the map' becomes 'e' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cops'+'e'='COPSE'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for copse that I've seen before include "Stand of trees" , "Wood - thicket" , "Small thicket" , "Dense growth of bushes or trees" , "Cultivated woodland area" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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