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House in Home Counties beside busy road (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

semi

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

'home counties beside busy road' is the wordplay.
'home counties' becomes 'se'.
'beside' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'busy road' becomes 'mi' (resembles M1, English motorway).
'se'+'mi'='SEMI'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for semi that I've seen before include "Connected house" , "Property attached to another" , "Prefix meaning half or partly" , "Prefix meaning half (4)" , "One of two houses with a common wall" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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