Digger's home in the southeast (5)
I believe the answer is:
spade
'digger's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'home in the southeast' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'pad' (pad can mean a person's home).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'the southeast' becomes 'SE' (synonyms).
'pad' going inside 'se' is 'SPADE'.
(Other definitions for spade that I've seen before
include
"Tool; playing card"
,
"that has a cutting edge"
,
"Fictional detective"
,
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