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Hoses out a mess in the hop kiln building (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oast house

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'building' is the definition.
(oast house is a kind of building)

'hoses out a mess' is the wordplay.
'mess' indicates an anagram.
'hoses'+'out'+'a'='hosesouta'
'hosesouta' is an anagram of 'OAST-HOUSE'.

'in the hop kiln' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for oast house that I've seen before include "Hops in here to dry" , "See this building" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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