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Occasions for home positions (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

instances

'occasions' is the definition.

'home positions' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'positions' becomes 'stances' (stance is a kind of position).
'in'+'stances'='INSTANCES'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for instances that I've seen before include "Incessant (anag)" , "Examples, illustrations" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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