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Lodger and woman around after hours? Something transparent here (5-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plate-glass

'something transparent here' is the definition.

'lodger and woman around after hours?' is the wordplay.
'lodger' becomes 'pg'.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'woman' becomes 'lass' (**).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'after hours?' becomes 'late' (I've seen this in other clues).
'pg'+'lass'='pglass'
'pglass' enclosing 'late' is 'PLATE-GLASS'.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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