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For example, home with gardens front and back more than one saw (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sayings

'more than one saw' is the definition.
(saw can mean a saying)

'for example home with gardens front and back' is the wordplay.
'for example' becomes 'say' (I've seen this before).
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in'**).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'front and back' suggests removing the centre.
'gardens' with its middle removed is 'gs'.
'say'+'in'+'gs'='SAYINGS'

(Other definitions for sayings that I've seen before include "Maxims, adages" , "Comments" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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