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A B&B with prison outside or The Savoy? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cabbage

'the savoy?' is the definition.
(savoy is a kind of cabbage)

'a bb with prison outside' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'prison' becomes 'cage' (I've seen this before**).
'outside' is an insertion indicator.
'a'+'bb'='abb'
'abb' inserted inside 'cage' is 'CABBAGE'.

'or' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for cabbage that I've seen before include "We bag ice bath (anag) -- butterfly" , "Savoy vegetable" , "Main ingredient of sauerkraut" , "Beg a cab to take the vegetable" , "Variety of brassica" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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