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Places he leaves hats? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

addresses

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'places' is the definition.
(addressing is a kind of placing)

'he leaves hats?' is the wordplay.
'he' becomes 'Ad'.
'leaves hats?' becomes 'dresses' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ad'+'dresses'='ADDRESSES'

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(Other definitions for addresses that I've seen before include "Places where people can be found" , "Makes a speech to" , "Gives a speech to" , "Speaks to, a crowd perhaps" , "Places to live" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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