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Called retired mother in home (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

named

'called' is the definition.
('name' can be a synonym of 'call')

'retired mother in home' is the wordplay.
'retired' says the letters should be written backwards.
'mother' becomes 'ma' (ma is a kind of mother).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'home' becomes 'den' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'ma' going into 'den' is 'deman'.
'deman' in reverse letter order is 'NAMED'.

(Other definitions for named that I've seen before include "Titled" , "Called" , "Identified by appellation" , "Christened" , "Entitled" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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