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Returns home with invitation to attend? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

income

'returns' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'home with invitation to attend?' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'invitation to attend?' becomes 'come' ('come' could be an instruction to attend an event).
'in'+'come'='INCOME'

(Other definitions for income that I've seen before include "Pay earned" , "Money gained from work or investment" , "Coin me! (anag)" , "Returns" , "Remunerations, takings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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