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Resort confuses, having no new homes in (7)

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I believe the answer is:

focuses

'homes in' is the definition.
(to home in on something is to focus on it)

'resort confuses having no new' is the wordplay.
'resort' indicates an anagram.
'having no' suggests deleting specific letters.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'confuses' with 'n' removed is 'cofuses'.
'cofuses' anagrammed gives 'FOCUSES'.

(Another definition for focuses that I've seen is " Concentrates".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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