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Where to obtain horses for a charge (6,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

livery stable

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'a charge' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'where to obtain horses' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'horses' could be 'stable' (I've seen this before) and 'stable' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'livery' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for livery stable that I've seen before include "Equine establishment" , "place where horses may be kept" , "Equine business" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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