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Sunshine transformed front of the military prefab (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nissen hut

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

'sunshine transformed front of the military' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'sunshine' is 'nissenhu' which is present in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for nissen hut that I've seen before include "Corrugated iron construction" , "Simple building" , "Prefabricated building of corrugated iron with a cement floor" , "spartan accommodation?" , "Military shelter made of corrugated steel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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