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Lacking fragrance, rose should be moved away from front of house (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

odourless

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'front of house' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adjective which matches the answer.

'lacking fragrance rose should be moved away' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'lacking' could be 'less' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'less' is located in the answer.
'fragrance' could be 'odour' (I've seen this before) and 'odour' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for odourless that I've seen before include "devoid of smell" , "having no hint of whiff" , "Without smell" , "Unscented" , "not using scent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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