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Fresher dwelling (renovated) is clean and freehold (4,2,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hall of residence

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'fresher dwelling' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'renovated is clean and freehold' is the wordplay.
'renovated' is an anagram indicator.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'is'+'clean'='isclean'
'isclean' put after 'freehold' is 'freeholdisclean'.
'freeholdisclean' anagrammed gives 'HALL OF RESIDENCE'.

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(Other definitions for hall of residence that I've seen before include "student digs" , "College living quarters" , "student accommodation" , "university accommodation" , "place at university" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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