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Someone adored at home entertaining company (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

icon

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'someone adored' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'home entertaining company' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'entertaining' indicates putting letters inside.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'in' going around 'co' is 'ICON'.

'at' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for icon that I've seen before include "Superstar" , "Figure of Christ in Eastern churches" , "Sacred painting or representative figure" , "hero!" , "Cultural or computing symbol" .)

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