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End of camping? Love to stop at home! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

intention

'end' is the definition.
(I know that intention is a type of end)

'camping? love to stop at home' is the wordplay.
'camping?' becomes 'in tent' (staying in a tent).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'to stop' means one lot of letters goes inside another (stop can mean to plug a hole in something).
'at home' becomes 'in' ('I'm in' can mean 'I'm at home').
'o' inserted within 'in' is 'ion'.
'intent'+'ion'='INTENTION'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for intention that I've seen before include "Design" , "Aim, purpose" , "Aim, objective" , "Plan, purpose" , "Aim, plan" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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