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Wordle peripherally solved at intervals around this grid -- or in another place? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

elsewhere

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'in another place?' is the definition.
('elsewhere' can be a synonym of 'in another place')

'wordle peripherally solved at intervals around this grid' is the wordplay.
'peripherally' suggests removing the centre (only the 'peripheral' letters in the word are kept).
'at intervals' means one should take alternating letters (letters are taken at regular intervals).
'around' says the letters should be written backwards.
'this grid' becomes 'here' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'wordle' with its centre removed is 'we'.
The alternate letters of 'solved' are 'sle'.
'we'+'sle'='wesle'
'wesle' backwards is 'elsew'.
'elsew'+'here'='ELSEWHERE'

'or' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for elsewhere that I've seen before include "Not at home" , "In a different place" , "abroad?" , "Not in this place - try another" , "different position" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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