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Lose rent rebuilding mezzanine (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

entresol

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

'lose rent rebuilding' is the wordplay.
'rebuilding' is an anagram indicator.
'lose'+'rent'='loserent'
'loserent' is an anagram of 'ENTRESOL'.

(Other definitions for entresol that I've seen before include "part of building" , "Mezzanine floor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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