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Living there, at home - dire scene developed (2,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

in residence

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'living' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'there at home dire scene developed' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'at' could be 'in' (synonymous in some cases - eg at school, in school) and 'in' is located in the answer.
'home' could be 'residence' (I've seen this before) and 'residence' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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