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Initially grand accommodation for stable men (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grooms

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'stable men' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'initially grand accommodation' is the wordplay.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
'accommodation' becomes 'rooms' (I've seen this before).
The first letter of 'grand' is 'g'.
'g'+'rooms'='GROOMS'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for grooms that I've seen before include "chaps getting a ring" , "Potential husbands" , "Stable-hands" , "Horse-tenders" , "Neatens; husbands to be" .)

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