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Yank noticed start of recent trouble in urban shopping area (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

town centre

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'yank noticed start of recent trouble' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'urban shopping area' is the wordplay.
'urban shopping' becomes 'town' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'area' becomes 'centre' (centre is a kind of area).
'town'+'centre'='TOWN CENTRE'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for town centre that I've seen before include "Community hub" , "Urban heart" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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