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Meant to assemble some in the home (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apartment

'home' is the definition.

'meant to assemble some in' is the wordplay.
'to assemble' indicates anagramming the letters.
'some' becomes 'part' (only part of something).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'meant' with letters rearranged gives 'ament'.
'ament' going around 'part' is 'APARTMENT'.

'the' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for apartment that I've seen before include "19 across" , "Penthouse" , "Room ? flat" , "Set of rooms or American flat" , "pad" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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