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Decorator houses deer for Reykjavik resident (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

icelander

'reykjavik resident' is the definition.
(Reykjavik is the capital of Iceland)

'decorator houses deer' is the wordplay.
'decorator' becomes 'icer' (some decorating a cake with icing).
'houses' indicates putting letters inside.
'deer' becomes 'eland' (eland is a type of antelope).
'icer' placed around 'eland' is 'ICELANDER'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for icelander that I've seen before include "Nationality of citizen of Reykjavik" , "northerner" , "Nordic person" , "North Atlantic dweller" , "Eg a person from Reykjavik" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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