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Animal shelter stuck with label 'house (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cottage

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''house' is the definition.
(cottage is a kind of house)

'animal shelter stuck with label' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'shelter' could be 'cot' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'cot' is present in the answer.
'label' could be 'tag' (tag is a kind of label) and 'tag' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for cottage that I've seen before include "bungalow" , "Small home" , "Rural dwelling" , "Modest accommodation" , "Small house with a single storey" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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