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Entrance to building vast at the front, see, and built badly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vestibule

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'entrance' is the definition.
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'vast at the front see and built badly' is the wordplay.
'at the front' suggests taking the first letters.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'badly' is an anagram indicator (letters in the wrong order).
The first letter of 'vast' is 'v'.
'see' put after 'built' is 'builtsee'.
'builtsee' is an anagram of 'estibule'.
'v'+'estibule'='VESTIBULE'

'to building' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for vestibule that I've seen before include "reception" , "room" , "Antechamber, hall" , "part of house" , "Entrance hall - foyer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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