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Returns home: needs to move nearer (6)

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I believe the answer is:

income

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

'home needs to move nearer' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'home' could be 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in') and 'in' is found in the answer.
'move' could be 'come' (coming is a kind of moving) and 'come' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for income that I've seen before include "Money received for work or from investment" , "Money coming in" , "What do you make" , "Remuneration or earnings" , "Pay earned" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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