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Person seen in ambulance, just outside, gets home (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abode

'home' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'person seen in ambulance just outside' is the wordplay.
'person' becomes 'bod' (I've seen this in other clues).
'seen in' indicates putting letters inside.
'just outside' means to remove the middle letters (just the outside letters of the word).
'ambulance' with its middle removed is 'ae'.
'bod' placed inside 'ae' is 'ABODE'.

'gets' is the link.

(Other definitions for abode that I've seen before include "House, home" , "Where one lives" , "Archaic dwelling place" , "Place of residence" , "stay" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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