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A court Hoskins has occupied? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

active

'occupied?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a court hoskins has' is the wordplay.
'court' becomes 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names).
'hoskins has' becomes 'I've' (where the crossword setter is 'Hoskins').
'a'+'ct'+'ive'='ACTIVE'

(Other definitions for active that I've seen before include "Keeping busy or operative" , "Working; moving" , "Busy, energetic" , "In actual operation" , "Engaged, not idle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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