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Delicacy is not commonly available in dingy housing (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dainty

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'delicacy' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'not commonly available in dingy housing' is the wordplay.
'not commonly' becomes 'aint' (non-standard version of 'isn't' or 'aren't').
'available in' is an insertion indicator.
'dingy housing' becomes 'dy' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'aint' placed inside 'dy' is 'DAINTY'.

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for dainty that I've seen before include "Twee" , "Delicately small and pretty" , "Choice" , "sensitive" , "Delicate, neat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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