Dislikes trapping poor mouse for co-residents (10)
I believe the answer is:
housemates
'co-residents' is the definition.
(residents in the same house)
'dislikes trapping poor mouse' is the wordplay.
'dislikes' becomes 'hates' (hating is a kind of disliking).
'trapping' indicates putting letters inside.
'poor' is an anagram indicator.
'mouse' anagrammed gives 'ousem'.
'hates' enclosing 'ousem' is 'HOUSEMATES'.
'for' acts as a link.
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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