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Pay debt to make home in the air (6,2)

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I believe the answer is:

settle up

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'pay' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'debt to make home in the air' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'make' could be 'set' (setting is a kind of making) and 'set' is found in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for settle up that I've seen is " Pay the bill".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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