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Appropriate to house creative types in flat? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apartment

'flat?' is the definition.
(I know that flat can be written as apartment)

I can't explain the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for apartment that I've seen before include "property" , "place to live" , "Suite of rooms to live in" , "Flat (mainly US)" , "Flat (chiefly US)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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