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Place of bustle in hall, wild, time briefly to be included (7)

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I believe the answer is:

anthill

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'place of bustle' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'in hall wild time briefly to be included' is the wordplay.
'wild' is an anagram indicator.
'time briefly' becomes 't' (abbreviation; 'briefly' asks for a short form).
'to be included' is an insertion indicator.
'in'+'hall'='inhall'
'inhall' anagrammed gives 'anhill'.
'anhill' enclosing 't' is 'ANTHILL'.

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(Other definitions for anthill that I've seen before include "Home for social workers?" , "Mountain (of insects)" , "Many a worker here" , "Scene of great activity" , "Nest" .)

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