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Calcutta prison: very attractive place? (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

black hole

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'calcutta prison' is the definition.
'black hole' can be an answer for 'prison' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'calcutta' bit.

'very attractive place?' is the wordplay.
'very attractive' becomes 'black' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'place?' becomes 'hole' (I have seen 'Nasty place ' mean 'hole' so perhaps 'place' could also mean 'hole').
'black'+'hole'='BLACK HOLE'

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(Other definitions for black hole that I've seen before include "Space left after collapse of a star" , "object in 21 [SPACE] having very strong 20 [GRAVITY]" , "discovered in Calcutta" , "'Region of space from which nothing can escape (5,4)'" , "Astronomical curiosity" .)

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