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Place of convenience, some say (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lieu

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

'convenience some say' is the wordplay.
'convenience' becomes 'loo' (both can mean a toilet).
'some say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'loo' sounds like 'LIEU'.

(Other definitions for lieu that I've seen before include "'In ..., instead (4)'" , "Stead - place" , "In ... of; in exchange for" , "In - of means instead of" , "The substitute" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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