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Room for small cape to whirl (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

space

'room' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'small cape to whirl' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'to whirl' indicates anagramming the letters.
'cape' anagrammed gives 'pace'.
's'+'pace'='SPACE'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for space that I've seen before include "Interstellar region" , "Expanse" , "Interstellar vacuum" , "sci-fi theme" , "-- Capsule; -- bar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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