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Time between being at home and travel abroad (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

interval

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

'at home and travel abroad' is the wordplay.
'at home' becomes 'in' ('in' can be similar in meaning to 'at home').
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'abroad' indicates anagramming the letters.
'travel' with letters rearranged gives 'terval'.
'in'+'terval'='INTERVAL'

'being' is the link.

(Other definitions for interval that I've seen before include "Intervening time" , "in which cast rests?" , "breather" , "what's between notes?" , "Pause, break" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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