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Digger's home in the southeast (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spade

'digger's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'home in the southeast' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'pad' (pad can mean a person's home).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'the southeast' becomes 'SE' (synonyms).
'pad' going inside 'se' is 'SPADE'.

(Other definitions for spade that I've seen before include "Tool; playing card" , "that has a cutting edge" , "Fictional detective" , "10

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Evening Standard.
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