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Boy, one with directions, at home hanging around for royal woman's attendants (6-2-7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ladies-in-waiting

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'royal woman's attendants' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'boy one with directions at home hanging around' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'boy' could be 'wait' and 'wait' is present in the answer.
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is present in the answer.
'directions' could be 'es' (east and south - two directions) and 'es' is found in the answer.
'at' could be 'in' (synonymous in some cases - eg at school, in school) and 'in' is found within the answer.
'home' could be 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in') and 'in' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for ladies-in-waiting that I've seen is " Queen's attendants".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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