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Reportedly get rid of nun’s accommodation (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cell

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'nun's accommodation' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'reportedly get rid of' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'get rid of' becomes 'sell' (get rid of can mean to sell).
'sell' is a homophone of 'CELL'.

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(Other definitions for cell that I've seen before include "Place for a prisoner" , "Place of confinement" , "Little room" , "Prison accommodation" , "Spreadsheet unit" .)

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