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Sue leaves free house in relation to this (6)

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I believe the answer is:

hereof

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'this' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'sue leaves free house in relation' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'house' could be 'h' and 'h' is found in the answer.
'relation' could be 're' (re is a kind of relation) and 're' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hereof that I've seen before include "Concerning this" , "Of this document" , "From this (formally)" , "Concerned with" , "Her foe (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and The Irish Times.
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