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Officers rent retail outlet (7,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

general store

'retail outlet' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'officers rent' is the wordplay.
'officers' becomes 'generals' (general is a kind of officer).
'rent' becomes 'tore' ('rend' and 'tear' both mean to rip something).
'generals'+'tore'='GENERAL STORE'

(Other definitions for general store that I've seen before include "Shop selling miscellaneous range of goods" , "trading post" , "Shop carrying a broad range of goods" , "Retail outlet" , "village shop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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