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No man is hiding in a castle! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mansion

'castle' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'no man is hiding' is the wordplay.
'hiding' indicates anagramming the letters.
'no'+'man'+'is'='nomanis'
'nomanis' with letters rearranged gives 'MANSION'.

'in a' is the link.

(Other definitions for mansion that I've seen before include "Imposing house" , "Large dwelling" , "Huge imposing residence" , "Huge abode" , "large residence" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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