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Oscar gets marmoset, bizarrely, for those living with him (9)

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I believe the answer is:

roommates

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'those living with him' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun but the answer is a plural noun.

'oscar gets marmoset bizarrely' is the wordplay.
'oscar' becomes 'O' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'gets' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bizarrely' indicates an anagram.
'marmoset' anagrammed gives 'rommates'.
'o' placed within 'rommates' is 'ROOMMATES'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for roommates that I've seen before include "Associates" , "Fellow lodgers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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