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Bathroom walls dry in house (5)

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I believe the answer is:

lotto

'house' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bathroom walls dry' is the wordplay.
'bathroom' becomes 'loo' (loo is a kind of bathroom).
'walls' means one lot of letters goes inside another (to 'wall' can mean to contain).
'dry' becomes 'tt' (short for teetotal - no alcohol).
'loo' placed around 'tt' is 'LOTTO'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for lotto that I've seen before include "Prize draw" , "Game of chance similar to bingo" , "form of gambling" , "Game of chance based on numbered balls being drawn at random" , "National gambling game" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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