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Odd thing left, held by young fellow in entertainment centre (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

night-club

'entertainment centre' is the definition.

'odd thing left held by young fellow' is the wordplay.
'odd' indicates an anagram.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation**).
'held by' indicates putting letters inside.
'young fellow' becomes 'cub'.
'l' put within 'cub' is 'club'.
'thing' anagrammed gives 'night'.
'night'+'club'='NIGHT-CLUB'

'in' acts as a link.

(Another definition for night-club that I've seen is " Scene of late hour socialising".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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