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Industrialist's housing experiment (5)

Ross

I think it could be either:

error

trial

'experiment' is the definition.
(I know that trial is a type of experiment)

'industrialist's housing' is the wordplay.
'housing' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (part of the clue houses the answer).
'TRIAL' is hidden in the letters of 'industrialists'.

(Other definitions for trial that I've seen before include "Court appearance on charge - it's an ordeal" , "competition" , "Ordeal, perhaps in court" , "pain in the neck" , "Court hearing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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