Social group at skid row, Oxford met occasionally in clothes store (9)
I believe the answer is:
cloakroom
'store' 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?
'social group at skid row oxford met occasionally in clothes' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'clothes' could be 'cloak' (cloak is a kind of clothes) and 'cloak' is found in the answer.
'social group' could be 'room' (room is a kind of social group) and 'room' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cloakroom that I've seen before include "Place to leave hats and coats" , "In which coats are left, temporarily" , "Euphemism for lavatory" , "Room for outer garments" .)