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Charlie has new pastime in temporary accommodation? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

campsite

'temporary accommodation?' is the definition.
(place where people stay temporarily)

'charlie has new pastime' is the wordplay.
'charlie' becomes 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'new' is an anagram indicator.
'pastime' is an anagram of 'ampsite'.
'c'+'ampsite'='CAMPSITE'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for campsite that I've seen before include "Ground for tents" , "for temporary accommodation" , "Location for pitching tents" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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