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A favourite store? (3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pet shop

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'a favourite store?' is the definition.
'pet shop' can be an answer for 'store?' (pet shop is a kind of store). I'm not sure about the 'a favourite' bit.

'favourite store?' is the wordplay.
'favourite' becomes 'pet' ('pet' can be a synonym of 'favourite').
'store?' becomes 'shop' ('shop' can be a synonym of 'store').
'pet'+'shop'='PET SHOP'

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(Other definitions for pet shop that I've seen before include "Scene of boys and cat food" , "Source of leads" , "Where to buy hamsters - boys!" , "Boys in group" , "Where to buy hamsters and gerbils?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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