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Girl accommodating six in French farmhouse (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mavis

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'girl' is the definition.

'accommodating six in french farmhouse' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'six' could be 'vi' (Roman numerals) and 'vi' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mas' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for mavis that I've seen before include "bird" , "Fem. name, song thrush" , "Girl's name - song thrush" , "Girl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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