Homely entertainment (5)

I believe the answer is:

telly

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'homely entertainment' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for telly that I've seen before include "TV (colloq.)" , "Familiar name for TV" , "cop in seventies" , "Set" , "Television" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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