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Feature of space station bearing feature of door? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

airlock

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'feature of space station' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'bearing feature of door?' is the wordplay.
'bearing' becomes 'air' (both can mean an attitude or pose).
'feature of door?' becomes 'lock' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'air'+'lock'='AIRLOCK'

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(Other definitions for airlock that I've seen before include "chamber?" , "Bubble obstructing flow" , "obstruction" , "plumbing problem" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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