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Enclosure surrounds extravagant country residence (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cottage

'country residence' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'enclosure surrounds extravagant' is the wordplay.
'enclosure' becomes 'cage' (cage is a kind of enclosure**).
'surrounds' indicates putting letters inside.
'extravagant' becomes 'ott' (I've seen this in other clues).
'cage' enclosing 'ott' is 'COTTAGE'.

(Other definitions for cottage that I've seen before include "Small single-storey dwelling" , "Small house with a single storey" , "Cheese pie industries all may chase this" , "Rural dwelling" , "Rural house" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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