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Tiny workers’ high-rise accommodation (7)

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I believe the answer is:

anthill

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'accommodation' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'tiny workers' high-rise' is the wordplay.
'tiny workers' high' becomes 'ant' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rise' becomes 'hill' (I've seen this before).
'ant'+'hill'='ANTHILL'

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(Other definitions for anthill that I've seen before include "Home to thousands" , "lots of workers" , "Termite mound" , "Scene of great activity" , "Many a worker here" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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