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A store wherein stocks are related to barrels?

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gun room

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'a store wherein stocks' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'related to barrels?' is the wordplay.
'related' becomes 'room' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'barrels?' becomes 'gun' ('gun barrel' can be a synonym of 'barrel').
'room' put after 'gun' is 'GUN-ROOM'.

'are' acts as a link.

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