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Accommodation of interest to key players (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flats

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'key players' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'accommodation of interest' is the wordplay.
'accommodation' becomes 'flat' (I've seen this before).
'of interest' becomes 's' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'flat'+'s'='FLATS'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for flats that I've seen before include "Punctures" , "Apartments" , "As opposed to sharps?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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