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Visit, late, a place you visit often (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

haunt

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'visit often' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'visit late a place' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'hunt' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'you' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for haunt that I've seen before include "get spirits?" , "A frequently visited place" , "place regularly visited" , "Unhat (anag.)" , "Frequent - resort" .)

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