House and well connected by a pipe (5)

I believe the answer is:

hooka

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

'house and well connected by a' is the wordplay.
'house' becomes 'ho' (abbreviation for house).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'well connected' becomes 'ok' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ho'+'ok'+'a'='HOOKA'

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(Another definition for hooka that I've seen is " pipe".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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