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Demonstrate round residence topless come what may (7)

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I believe the answer is:

somehow

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'come what may' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'demonstrate round residence topless' is the wordplay.
'demonstrate' becomes 'show' (synonyms).
'round' indicates putting letters inside.
'residence' becomes 'home' (home is a kind of residence).
'topless' means to remove the first letter.
'home' with its first letter taken away is 'ome'.
'show' going around 'ome' is 'SOMEHOW'.

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(Other definitions for somehow that I've seen before include "One way or another" , "By hook or by crook" , "For an unknown reason; so who, me? (anag.)" , "By one means or another" , "By unspecified means" .)

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