Well placed to shift the trio out of the dormitory (5)
I believe the answer is:
dormy
'well placed' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'shift the trio out of the dormitory' is the wordplay.
'shift' is an anagram indicator.
'out of' suggests deleting specific letters.
'dormitory' with 'trio' taken away is 'dmory'.
'dmory' anagrammed gives 'DORMY'.
'to' acts as a link.
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