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Fancy estate houses I'll flipping moon? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

satellite

'moon?' is the definition.
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'fancy estate houses i'll flipping' is the wordplay.
'fancy' indicates anagramming the letters.
'houses' indicates putting letters inside.
'flipping' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'ill' back-to-front is 'lli'.
'estate' with letters rearranged gives 'satete'.
'satete' enclosing 'lli' is 'SATELLITE'.

(Other definitions for satellite that I've seen before include "Body moving around a planet" , "dependent community" , "space station, perhaps" , "Space traveller" , "important person's attendant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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