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Accommodation for top people? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

penthouse

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'accommodation for top people?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'accommodation for top people?' is the wordplay.
'accommodation' becomes 'house'.
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'top people?' becomes 'pent' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'house' put after 'pent' is 'PENTHOUSE'.

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(Other definitions for penthouse that I've seen before include "top floor flat" , "Top 19 across" , "Luxurious apartment on top of tall building" , "High apartment" , "luxury property" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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