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Speculative financial venture involves seedy accommodation (6)

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I believe the answer is:

billet

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'accommodation' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'speculative financial venture involves seedy' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'seedy' could be 'ill' (seedy can mean unwell) and 'ill' is present in the answer.
'venture' could be 'bet' (bet is a kind of venture) and 'bet' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for billet that I've seen before include "Housing for military personnel" , "Place for a soldier to stay" , "Lodging for troops in private house" , "letter in Paris" , "Military lodging - little note" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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