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Provided money for one to go into a home (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paid

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'provided money' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'one to go into a home' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'to go into' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters go into others).
'a home' becomes 'pad' (pad can mean a person's home).
'i' going within 'pad' is 'PAID'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for paid that I've seen before include "Hired" , "Remunerated" , "Given money (for work)" , "Settled financially" , "Settled debt" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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