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Art exhibition junior goes round for a pound (5)

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I believe the answer is:

salon

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'art exhibition' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'junior goes round for a pound' is the wordplay.
'junior' becomes 'son' (I've seen this in another clue).
'goes round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'for a pound' becomes 'al' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'son' going around 'al' is 'SALON'.

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(Other definitions for salon that I've seen before include "Elegant room for receiving guests" , "Formal sitting room" , "Parisian art exhibition" , "Elegant room - for hairdresser?" , "Place of business for eg beautician" .)

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