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Gamble little in pub: Halfway House? (2-7)

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I believe the answer is:

in-between

'halfway house?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'gamble little in pub' is the wordplay.
'gamble' becomes 'bet' (bet is a kind of gamble).
'little' becomes 'wee' (similar in meaning).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'pub' becomes 'inn' (an inn is a type of pub).
'bet'+'wee'='betwee'
'betwee' placed into 'inn' is 'IN-BETWEEN'.

(Another definition for in-between that I've seen is " Intermediate".)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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