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Field is home next to harbour (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paddock

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

'home next to harbour' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'pad' (pad can mean a person's home).
'next to' says to put letters next to each other.
'harbour' becomes 'dock' (I've seen this before).
'pad'+'dock'='PADDOCK'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for paddock that I've seen before include "Horse-training field" , "enclosed field" , "Small field for horses" , "Pen for racehorses" , "Where horses are paraded before a race" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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