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Will the writer - asks Connery - store books here? (5)

Ross

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shelf

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(Other definitions for shelf that I've seen before include "Horizontal surface for holding objects" , "Protruding rock ledge" , "grass down under" , "Whereon 2 down is not!" , "Projecting layer of rock" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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