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House easily built before cracking (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prefab

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'house' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Temporary house ' mean 'prefab' so perhaps 'house' could also mean 'prefab')

'easily built before cracking' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'before' could be 'pre' (prefix meaning 'before') and 'pre' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'fab' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for prefab that I've seen before include "Sort of building" , "House constructed away from site" , "Building assembled from manufactured parts, in short" , "Ready-made building" , "Building up, quickly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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