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Where Arthur could have a meal in bed (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

camelot

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'where arthur could' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'a meal in bed' is the wordplay.
'meal' becomes 'mel' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bed' becomes 'cot' (cot is a type of bed).
'a'+'mel'='amel'
'amel' placed inside 'cot' is 'CAMELOT'.

'have' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for camelot that I've seen before include "King Arthur's kingdom - or JFK's" , "Arthur's or Kennedy's court?" , "King Arthur's town" , "King Arthur's court - or JFK's" , "Where truth, goodness and beauty reigned, according to Arthurian legend" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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