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Means to sweep around man in sleeping area (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bedroom

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'man in sleeping area' is the definition.
'bedroom' can be an answer for 'area' (bedroom is a kind of area). I am not certain of the 'man in sleeping' bit.

'means to sweep around' is the wordplay.
'means' becomes 'ed' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to sweep' becomes 'broom' ('broom' can be a synonym of 'sweep').
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ed' placed inside 'broom' is 'BEDROOM'.

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(Other definitions for bedroom that I've seen before include "Sleeping place" , "Retirement chamber" , "part of house" , "Space for sleeping" , "Boredom (anag)" .)

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