Kept property secure in stormy Southsea (5-3)

I believe the answer is:

house-sat

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'kept property secure' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'stormy southsea' is the wordplay.
'stormy' is an anagram indicator (stormy suggests disruption).
'southsea' anagrammed gives 'HOUSE-SAT'.

'in' is the link.

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