The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DOMICILE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result DOMICILE
- Kill rodents — but there's one left inside home
- I'm laid back in easily managed home
- Party line given by newspaper carried by timid folk in the House?
- I’m coming back into quiet home
- House party I left, vermin hosts
- Note received by compliant home
- Girls regularly hosted by party animals in residence
- Two notes one left in church where one lives?
- Willing to take motorway home
- The setter’s raised with obedience outside home
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The straight part
We know that "home" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case home = domicile.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 DOMICILE mean?
DOMICILE noun- A home or residence.
- A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode.
- To have a domicile in a particular place.