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Men must vacate rank Portaloo (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

commode

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'must vacate rank portaloo' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'men' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'men' could be 'mm' (N is short for knight - man can mean a chess piece) and 'mm' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for commode that I've seen before include "Chair containing chamber pot" , "Keeper of a potty" , "Chest of drawers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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