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Second-rate accommodation (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

space

'accommodation' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'second-rate' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'rate' becomes 'pace' (pace is a kind of rate).
's'+'pace'='SPACE'

(Other definitions for space that I've seen before include ""The final frontier"" , "Free area" , "-- Capsule; -- bar" , "Gap between words" , "Blank" .)

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