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Dwelling place suitable to house craft people (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apartment

'dwelling' is the definition.
(apartment is a type of dwelling)

'suitable to house craft people' is the wordplay.
'suitable' becomes 'apt' (apt means appropriate or fitting).
'to house' is an insertion indicator.
'craft' becomes 'art' (both can mean cunning or trickery).
'people' becomes 'men' (men are people).
'art'+'men'='artmen'
'apt' placed around 'artmen' is 'APARTMENT'.

'place' is the link.

(Other definitions for apartment that I've seen before include "Room ? flat" , "place to live" , "Flat (chiefly US)" , "Accommodation" , "quarters" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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