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Came into vacant house, having tried moving home beforehand (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inherited

'came into' is the definition.
('inherit' can be a synonym of 'come into')

'vacant house having tried moving home beforehand' is the wordplay.
'vacant' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'having' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'moving' is an anagram indicator.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in'**).
'beforehand' says to put letters next to each other.
'house' with its centre taken out is 'he'.
'tried' is an anagram of 'rited'.
'he' put next to 'rited' is 'herited'.
'herited' after 'in' is 'INHERITED'.

(Other definitions for inherited that I've seen before include "Was left" , "Received from forebears" , "handed down" , "Received from an ancestor" , "Came into" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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