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Abort royal assembly - room for experiment (10)

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I believe the answer is:

laboratory

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'room for experiment' is the definition.
'laboratory' can be an answer for 'room'. I also know that 'experiment' relates to this answer.

'abort royal assembly' is the wordplay.
'assembly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'abort'+'royal'='abortroyal'
'abortroyal' anagrammed gives 'LABORATORY'.

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(Other definitions for laboratory that I've seen before include "Place of scientific research" , "Where researchers work" , "Place for experimentation" , "Where litmus paper could be" , "Language-learning facility" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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