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Consume Romeo in the auditorium (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

theatre

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

'consume romeo in the' is the wordplay.
'consume' becomes 'eat' (eating is a kind of consuming).
'romeo' becomes 'R' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'eat'+'r'='eatr'
'eatr' placed within 'the' is 'THEATRE'.

(Other definitions for theatre that I've seen before include "Audience" , "Major area of military activity" , "The rate (anag.)" , "Scene of operations or dramatic performances" , "Place of entertainment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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