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Do rodents go round the Italian house? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

domicile

'house?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'do rodents go round the italian' is the wordplay.
'rodents' becomes 'mice' (mouse is a kind of rodent).
'go round' indicates putting letters inside.
'the italian' becomes 'il' (the in Italian).
'mice' going around 'il' is 'micile'.
'do'+'micile'='DOMICILE'

(Other definitions for domicile that I've seen before include "house" , "One's permanent residence" , "Legal place of residence" , "Permanent legal residence" , "A person's principal home" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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