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He has both love and money in poor accommodation (4)

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I believe the answer is:

hole

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'poor accommodation' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'he has both love and money' is the wordplay.
'has' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'both love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis. I am not sure about the 'both' bit.).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'money' becomes 'l' (L can mean 'pounds').
'o'+'l'='ol'
'he' placed around 'ol' is 'HOLE'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hole that I've seen before include "Opening on golf course" , "Nasty place" , "Awkward situation" , "Hollow, cavity" , "excavation" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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