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The Dome's no home for him! (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ted

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'him' is the definition.

'the dome's no home' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for ted that I've seen before include "Edward (dim.)" , "Heath or Hughes?" , "used to make hay" , "Edward, in short" , "Comic TV Father" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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