The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ANDOVER
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More clues leading to the result ANDOVER
- After leader is eliminated, surrender town in Hampshire
- Heading off, pass town in Hampshire
- Hampshire town picked up Eastender’s transfer
- Town with some balls
- Town with too much
- Article on port, town in Hampshire
- Town to surrender when leader’s been got rid of
- Hampshire town, an English port
- A Northern bird with castle in Hampshire
- Dead buried in an over-populated area
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