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Relative taking employment in the Louvre? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

museum

'the louvre?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'relative taking employment' is the wordplay.
'relative' becomes 'mum' (mum is a kind of relative**).
'taking' is an insertion indicator.
'employment' becomes 'use' ('use' can be a synonym of 'employment').
'mum' placed around 'use' is 'MUSEUM'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for museum that I've seen before include "Store of historical artefacts" , "educational facility?" , "Building where objects of interest are displayed" , "Where items of interest may be seen or studied" , "Victoria and Albert, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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