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Part of house contract put in order (7,4)

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I believe the answer is:

drawing room

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'part of house' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'contract put in order' is the wordplay.
'contract' becomes 'draw in'.
'put in order' becomes 'groom' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'drawin'+'groom'='DRAWING-ROOM'

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(Other definitions for drawing room that I've seen before include "reception area" , "place of entertainment" , "Type of parlour" , "where one may be entertained" , "Part of art school" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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