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Yorkshire city supporter with no change in degree? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bradford

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'yorkshire city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'supporter with no change in degree?' is the wordplay.
'supporter' becomes 'bra' (a bra gives support to breasts).
'with' indicates putting letters inside.
'no change in' becomes 'for' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'degree?' becomes 'DD' (DD is an example).
'for' put into 'dd' is 'dford'.
'bra'+'dford'='BRADFORD'

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(Other definitions for bradford that I've seen before include "W. Yorkshire city" , "Yorkshire wool town" , "industrial city" , "W Yorks city" , "West Yorkshire city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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