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Otherwise taking tea round pensioners' home (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chelsea

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'pensioners' home' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'otherwise taking tea round' is the wordplay.
'otherwise' becomes 'else' (synonyms).
'taking tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea. I am not sure about the 'taking' bit.).
'round' indicates putting letters inside.
'else' inserted within 'cha' is 'CHELSEA'.

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(Other definitions for chelsea that I've seen before include "Bunny" , "Kind of bun that's flat" , "West London area" , "Part of our capital" , "Hillary Clinton's daughter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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