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US citizen in trio wanting houses (5)

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I believe the answer is:

iowan

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'us citizen' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'in trio wanting houses' is the wordplay.
'houses' indicates a hidden word (part of the clue houses the answer).
'IOWAN' can be found hidden inside 'in trio wanting'.

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(Other definitions for iowan that I've seen before include "From one US state" , "From a US state, capital Des Moines" , "US resident" , "From Des Moines, say?" , "One from Des Moines perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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