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Sign outside worker’s outhouse? (4-2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lean-to

'outhouse?' is the definition.
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'sign outside worker's' is the wordplay.
'sign' becomes 'leo' (star sign).
'outside' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters go outside others).
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'leo' going around 'ant' is 'LEAN-TO'.

(Other definitions for lean-to that I've seen before include "Rough shelter with one-sloped roof" , "On late (anag)" , "Small building resting on side of larger one" , "It's roof slants against a wall" , "greenhouse, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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