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Motor home’s grand, a trendy thing (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

garage

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'motor home's' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'grand a trendy thing' is the wordplay.
'grand' becomes 'g' (G is short for grand as in a thousand).
'trendy thing' becomes 'rage' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'g'+'a'+'rage'='GARAGE'

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(Other definitions for garage that I've seen before include "Car shed" , "Petrol pump location" , "Structure for automobiles" , "Building for a car, or for its maintenance" , "Car repair shop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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