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Detest a house in outskirts of Bangor (5)

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I believe the answer is:

abhor

'detest' is the definition.
(abhorring is a kind of detesting)

'a house in outskirts of bangor' is the wordplay.
'house' becomes 'ho' (abbreviation for house).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'outskirts of' means to remove the middle letters (only letters on the outskirts).
'bangor' with its centre removed is 'br'.
'ho' put within 'br' is 'bhor'.
'a'+'bhor'='ABHOR'

(Other definitions for abhor that I've seen before include "Not like" , "Loathe, detest" , "Detest, hate" , "Recoil from" , "Dislike very much" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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