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Home is horribly dire scene (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

residence

'home' is the definition.
(I know that residence is a type of house)

'horribly dire scene' is the wordplay.
'horribly' is an anagram indicator (a horribly wrong version of the letters).
'dire'+'scene'='direscene'
'direscene' with letters rearranged gives 'RESIDENCE'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for residence that I've seen before include "Abode, home" , "Place or house where one lives" , "Person's home" , "Dire scene (anag.)" , "bode" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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