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Dry our cat out in enclosure (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

courtyard

'enclosure' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'dry our cat out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'dry'+'our'+'cat'='dryourcat'
'dryourcat' is an anagram of 'COURTYARD'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for courtyard that I've seen before include "Dry out car in space enclosed by buildings" , "Area surrounded by walls or buildings" , "Quadrangle" , "enclosed area" , "Enclosure open to the sky attached to a house" .)

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