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Fiancee at home and cared for (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

intended

'fiancee' is the definition.
(intended can mean someone's fiancee)

'home and cared for' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'cared for' becomes 'tended' (I've seen this before).
'in'+'tended'='INTENDED'

'at' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for intended that I've seen before include "Deliberate" , "Had in mind to" , "Fiancee (colloq.)" , "One about to join union" , "Person engaged" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Telegraph.
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