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Inventive sort creates lakeside houses (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tesla

'inventive sort' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'creates lakeside houses' is the wordplay.
'houses' indicates a hidden word (part of the clue houses the answer).
'TESLA' is hidden within 'creates lakeside'.

(Other definitions for tesla that I've seen before include "Inventive sort" , "Nikola ---, electricity pioneer" , "Physicist" , "Physics unit" , "electrical unit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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