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Ends period at home, too short (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

terminals

'ends' is the definition.
(terminal or final things)

'period at home too short' is the wordplay.
'period' becomes 'term' (term is a kind of period).
'at home' becomes 'in' (similar in meaning).
'too' becomes 'also' (synonyms).
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'also' with its final letter taken away is 'als'.
'term'+'in'+'als'='TERMINALS'

(Another definition for terminals that I've seen is " Tramlines to boundaries".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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