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Meanwhile at home, call about investments, initially (7)

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I believe the answer is:

interim

'meanwhile' is the definition.
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'at home call about investments initially' is the wordplay.
'at home' becomes 'in' ('in' can be similar in meaning to 'at home').
'call' becomes 'term' (terming is a kind of calling**).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'investments' is 'i'.
'term' going around 'i' is 'terim'.
'in'+'terim'='INTERIM'

(Other definitions for interim that I've seen before include "not there for ever" , "temporary period" , "Meantime - provisional" , "Meanwhile" , "An intervening period of time" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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