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Enjoys life on rented eyot (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

islet

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'eyot' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'enjoys life on rented' is the wordplay.
'enjoys life on' becomes 'is' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rented' becomes 'let' (I've seen this in another clue).
'is'+'let'='ISLET'

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(Other definitions for islet that I've seen before include "Tiles (anag.)" , "small key?" , "Very small area surrounded by water" , "Minor key" , "Little bit of land" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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