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Report of behaviour in country house (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manor

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

'report of behaviour' is the wordplay.
'report of' shows a homophone (sound like) (how it'd sound if reported).
'behaviour' becomes 'manner' (manner is a kind of behaviour).
'manner' is a homophone of 'MANOR'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for manor that I've seen before include "Nobleman's land" , "patch" , "Police district (slang)" , "Lord's estate" , "home territory" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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