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Good person with space in a shelter for relation (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

statement

'relation' is the definition.
(statement is a kind of relation)

'good person with space in a shelter' is the wordplay.
'good person' becomes 'st' (saint).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'space' becomes 'em' (in typography, a space as wide as a letter 'm').
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'shelter' becomes 'tent' (tent is a kind of shelter**).
'a'+'tent'='atent'
'em' going into 'atent' is 'atement'.
'st'+'atement'='STATEMENT'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for statement that I've seen before include "Formal account, deposition" , "Financial summary" , "may be taken by police" , "Bank account document" , "Expression in words, account" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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