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Giro sent back home for start (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

origin

'start' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'giro sent back home' is the wordplay.
'sent back' is a reversal indicator.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'giro' back-to-front is 'orig'.
'orig'+'in'='ORIGIN'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for origin that I've seen before include "Source - provenance" , "spring" , "First thing" , "Where one begins" , "Place or point of beginning (6)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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