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Man space in place of teachers (5-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

staff-room

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'place of teachers' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'man space' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'staff' (both can mean to work at a particular post).
'space' becomes 'room' (enough space or room to do something).
'staff'+'room'='STAFF-ROOM'

'in' acts as a link.

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