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Lacking a dining facility is conspicuous (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

notable

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'conspicuous' is the definition.
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'lacking a dining facility' is the wordplay.
'lacking' becomes 'no' (eg lacking money means with no money).
'a dining facility' becomes 'table' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'no'+'table'='NOTABLE'

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for notable that I've seen before include "Celebrated" , "Remarkable, worthy of comment" , "well known" , "Worthy of attention, significant" , "VIP" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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