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Mope about air-conditioning in shops (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emporia

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'conditioning in shops' is the definition.
'emporia' can be an answer for 'shops' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'conditioning in' bit.

'mope about air' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates anagramming the letters.
'mope' mixed up with 'air' makes 'EMPORIA'.

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(Other definitions for emporia that I've seen before include "big stores" , "large-scale marketing operations" , "Trading centres" , "sales outlets" , "Large stores" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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