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Lift ape out of shabby place (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fleapit

'shabby place' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'lift ape out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'lift'+'ape'='liftape'
'liftape' is an anagram of 'FLEAPIT'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for fleapit that I've seen before include "Scruffy cinema" , "Run-down place for pictures" , "Shabby place" , "dive?" , "Shabby old cinema" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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