Waste the money one's paid in the Home Counties? (6)
I believe the answer is:
sewage
'waste' is the definition.
(I know that sewage is a type of waste)
'money one's paid in the home counties?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'money' could be 'wage' (I've seen this before) and 'wage' is present in the answer.
'home counties?' could be 'se' (Home Counties in the South East of England) and 'se' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sewage that I've seen before include "Product of toilet" , "Waste from toilets" , "Drained waste" , "Refuse for drains" , "Effluence" .)