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She later didn't have a place in which to hide (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shelter

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'to hide' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'she later didn't have a place in' is the wordplay.
'later' says to take the final letters (I've seen 'latest of' mean this).
'a place' becomes 'lr' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
The final letters of 'didnt have' are 'te'.
'te' inserted inside 'lr' is 'lter'.
'she'+'lter'='SHELTER'

'which' is the link.

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(Other definitions for shelter that I've seen before include "Let hers go into shielded place" , "Housing or haven" , "Sanctuary; protect" , "Place giving protection" , "'Refuge, cover (7)'" .)

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