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Herb provides your home, but no house (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thyme

'herb' is the definition.
(I know that thyme is a type of herb)

'your home but no house' is the wordplay.
'your' becomes 'thy' ('thy' historically meant 'your').
'but no' suggests deleting specific letters.
'house' becomes 'ho' (abbreviation for house).
'home' with 'ho' removed is 'me'.
'thy'+'me'='THYME'

'provides' is the link.

(Other definitions for thyme that I've seen before include "Seasoning plant" , "Mint relative" , "Sweet-smelling herb of the mint family" , "Kind of mint" , "Shrub - herb" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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