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Home care for editor's fiancée (8)

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I believe the answer is:

intended

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

'home care for editor's' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in'**).
'care for' becomes 'tend' (I've seen this before).
'editor' becomes 'ed'.
'in'+'tend'+'ed'='INTENDED'

(Other definitions for intended that I've seen before include "The boyfriend" , "wanted from the outset" , "Set out" , "no mistake!" , "Person engaged" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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