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Longs to get out of Los Angeles with contract for Homeland, perhaps (5)

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I believe the answer is:

lease

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'los angeles with contract for homeland perhaps' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'longs to get out' is the wordplay.
'longs' becomes 'lea' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'to get' becomes 'see' (I've seen this in other clues).
'out' means to remove the last letter.
'see' with its last letter taken away is 'se'.
'lea'+'se'='LEASE'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for lease that I've seen before include "Letting contract" , "Contract for, say, use of building" , "Contract for use of land or building" , "Contract allowing use of a property" , "Let; rent" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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