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Home match not in series (2,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

in parallel

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'home match not in series' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'home match' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'match' becomes 'parallel' (paralleling is a kind of matching**).
'in'+'parallel'='IN PARALLEL'

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