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Liz poorly inside accommodation (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

billet

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'accommodation' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'liz poorly inside' is the wordplay.
'liz' becomes 'bet' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'poorly' becomes 'ill' (synonyms).
'inside' indicates putting letters inside.
'bet' placed around 'ill' is 'BILLET'.

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(Other definitions for billet that I've seen before include "Place for a soldier to stay" , "Housing for military personnel" , "Piece of wood - bar of metal - place to stay" , "Job" , "Lodging for military personnel" .)

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