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Okay, I need to implement the clip_text function. Let's see the requirements. The function should return the part of the text between two places, with the first included and the second excluded. The places are counted from zero. Also, if a place is past the end, it should be brought back to the end. And if the first place is above the second, that's an error.

First, I need to handle the start and end indices. Let's think about the steps.

So, the text is a string. The start is an integer, the end is an integer. The function needs to return the substring from start (inclusive) to end (exclusive). But if start is beyond the end, that's an error. Also, if start or end are out of bounds, they should be adjusted.

Wait, the problem says that a place past the end is brought back to the end. So, for example, if the text is "hello" (length 5), and the end is 5, then it's brought back to 5. But in Python, string slicing is up to but not including the end index. So for example, text[0:5] is "hello".

But if the end is beyond the length of the text, we need to adjust it to the end. Similarly for start. So first, I need to adjust start and end to be within the valid range of the text.

Wait, the problem says that a place past the end is brought back to the end. So if start is larger than the length of the text, it should be set to the length. Similarly for end. But how to handle that?

Let me think. For example, if the text is "abcde" (length 5). If start is 6, then it should be adjusted to 5. Similarly, if end is 6, adjust to 5. But if end is 5, then the slice is from start to 5, which is the entire text.

But also, if start is after end, that's an error. So first, I need to check if start is greater than end. If so, raise ValueError.

So the steps are:

1. Check if start > end. If yes, raise ValueError.

2. Adjust start and end to be within the valid range of the text. For example, if start is larger than len(text), set it to len(text). Similarly for end. But wait, if end is larger than len(text), set it to len(text). But if start is adjusted to len(text), and end is adjusted to len(text), then the slice would be from len(text) to len(text), which is empty. But that's okay.

Wait, but the problem says that the first place is included and the second is not. So, for example, if the text is "abcde", and start is 5, end is 5. Then the slice is from 5 to 5, which is empty. But if start is 5 and end is 6, then end is adjusted to 5, so the slice is from 5 to 5, which is empty.

So the first thing is to adjust start and end to be within the valid range. But how?

Let me think. The valid range for indices is 0 to len(text). So for start, if it's less than 0, set to 0. If it's larger than len(text), set to len(text). Similarly for end. But wait, the problem says that a place past the end is brought back to the end. So if start is beyond the end of the text, it's adjusted to the end. So for example, if the text is length 5