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Ten-story collection at regular odeum in idyllic place (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

xanadu

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'idyllic place' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'ten-story collection at regular odeum' is the wordplay.
'ten' becomes 'x' (roman numeral).
'story collection' becomes 'ana' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'regular' indicates alternate letters.
The alternate letters of 'odeum' are 'du'.
'x'+'ana'+'du'='XANADU'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for xanadu that I've seen before include "Where Kubla Khan decreed a pleasure dome" , "Site of Kubla Khan's pleasure-dome (Coleridge)" , "Kublai Khan's capital" , "Where Kublai Khan built his pleasure-dome" , "Idyllic location" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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