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The chap with the child I accommodated in a splendid home (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mansion

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'home' is the definition.
(I know that mansion is a type of house)

'the chap with the child i accommodated in' is the wordplay.
'the chap with' becomes 'man' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'the child' becomes 'son' (male child).
'accommodated in' is an insertion indicator.
'son' placed around 'i' is 'sion'.
'man'+'sion'='MANSION'

'a splendid' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for mansion that I've seen before include "Manor house" , "housing" , "Stately home" , "Grand house" , "Imposing house" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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