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Group of relatives in the house band (6,6)

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I believe the answer is:

family circle

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'group of relatives in the house band' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'in the house band' is the wordplay.
'in the house' becomes 'family' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'band' becomes 'circle' ('circle' can be a synonym of 'band').
'family'+'circle'='FAMILY CIRCLE'

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(Other definitions for family circle that I've seen before include "Kith and kin" , "Close kin - cheap theatre seats (US)" , "all my relations" , "Group composed of one's relatives" , "Collectively" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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