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Newspaper holding its boss up longed for some sort of accommodation (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

semidetached

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'newspaper holding' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'its boss up longed for some sort of accommodation' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'boss' could be 'ed' (short for editor - newspaper boss) and 'ed' is found in the answer.
'some' could be 'a' and 'a' is located in the answer.
'accommodation' could be 'semi' (I've seen this before) and 'semi' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for semidetached that I've seen before include "Type of house" , "(Of houses) joined in pairs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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