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That place accommodating a thespian's debut? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

theatre

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'that place accommodating a thespian's debut?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'that place accommodating a thespian's debut?' is the wordplay.
'that place' becomes 'there' (I've seen this before**).
'accommodating' indicates putting letters inside.
'debut?' says to take the initial letters (I've seen 'debut' mean this).
The first letter of 'thespians' is 't'.
'a'+'t'='at'
'there' enclosing 'at' is 'THEATRE'.

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(Other definitions for theatre that I've seen before include "Building for drama" , "World of drama" , "Space for dramatic art and surgery" , "Part of hospital" , "Space for drama" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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