The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ARUNDEL
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ARUNDEL
- Castle requiring a single key
- Rue land being redeveloped in Sussex town
- Part of 10‘s a circular, slightly elliptical line – no circle
- Sussex town seminar – undelivered packages
- Deal set out about marathon, possibly, in Sussex town?
- English town where Under-ground is taken by almost all
- Deal devised about series in Sussex town
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