Cryptic crossword clue
At home, hence girl included in behest 11

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word INHERITANCE

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The straight part
We know that "behest" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case behest = inheritance.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does INHERITANCE mean?

INHERITANCE noun
  1. The passing of title to an estate upon death.
  2. That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament.
  3. The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited
  4. (genetic algorithms) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
  5. The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.

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