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Sleeping accommodation rocks for rodents (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dormice

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'rodents' is the definition.
(dormouse is a kind of rodent)

'sleeping accommodation rocks' is the wordplay.
'sleeping accommodation' becomes 'dorm' (I have seen 'overnight accommodation' mean 'dorm' so perhaps 'accommodation' could also mean 'dorm'. I am not sure about the 'sleeping' bit.).
'rocks' becomes 'ice' (both can informally mean diamonds).
'dorm'+'ice'='DORMICE'

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(Other definitions for dormice that I've seen before include "Bushy-tailed rodents" , "creatures" , "They will hibernate" , "Little hibernating rodents" , "Furry animals" .)

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