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Surveillance due to small gate receipts away from home (5-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stake-out

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

'small gate receipts away from home' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'gate receipts' becomes 'take' (I've seen this in another clue).
'away from home' becomes 'out' (synonyms).
's'+'take'+'out'='STAKE-OUT'

'due to' is the link.

(Another definition for stake-out that I've seen is " Police surveillance operation".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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