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Home to have pride in (5,3)

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I believe the answer is:

lions den

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'in' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'home to have pride' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'home' could be 'den' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'den' is found within the answer.
'pride' could be 'lions' (a pride is a group of lions) and 'lions' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for lions den that I've seen is " Danger spot survived by Daniel".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Globe and Mail.
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