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Yankee vice ring infiltrated somewhere in Somerset (6)

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I believe the answer is:

yeovil

'somewhere in somerset' is the definition.

'yankee vice ring infiltrated' is the wordplay.
'yankee' becomes 'y' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'vice' becomes 'evil'.
'ring' becomes 'o'.
'infiltrated' indicates putting letters inside.
'evil' going around 'o' is 'eovil'.
'y'+'eovil'='YEOVIL'

(Another definition for yeovil that I've seen is " Somerset town on the Fosse Way".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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