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Zero latitude given to a quoter of rubbish (7)

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I believe the answer is:

equator

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'zero latitude' is the definition.
'equator' can be an answer for 'latitude' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'zero' bit.

'given to a quoter of rubbish' is the wordplay.
'given to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'of rubbish' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'rubbish' mean this (a poor quality or rubbish spelling of the letters)).
'a'+'quoter' is 'aquoter'.
'aquoter' with letters rearranged gives 'EQUATOR'.

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(Other definitions for equator that I've seen before include "Line of zero latitude" , "Imaginary line around the centre of the earth" , "Earth's north-south dividing line" , "Line separating northern and southern hemispheres" , "Line around earth equidistant from poles" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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