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President or first lady left in overnight accommodation (9)

Ross

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roosevelt

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'president' is the definition.
(Theodore Roosevelt or Franklin Delano Roosevelt)

'first lady left in overnight accommodation' is the wordplay.
'first lady' becomes 'eve' (first woman in the Bible).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'overnight accommodation' becomes 'roost' (I have seen 'Temporary accommodation' mean 'roost ' so perhaps 'accommodation' could also mean 'roost '. I am not sure about the 'overnight' bit.).
'eve'+'l'='evel'
'evel' placed inside 'roost' is 'ROOSEVELT'.

'or' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for roosevelt that I've seen before include "32nd US president, Franklin" , "See president" , "Old president" , "former president" , "Surname of 26th and 32nd US presidents" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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