Beats men regularly in cellar (8)

I believe the answer is:

basement

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'cellar' is the definition.
(I know that cellar can be written as basement)

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(Other definitions for basement that I've seen before include "Bottom floor" , "Lowest floor of a building" , "Part of house below ground" , "Japanese medicine box" , "Underground area of building" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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