A bishop posted elsewhere (6)

I believe the answer is:

absent

'elsewhere' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a bishop posted' is the wordplay.
'bishop' becomes 'b' (abbreviation used in chess).
'posted' becomes 'sent' ('send' can be a synonym of 'post').
'a'+'b'+'sent'='ABSENT'

(Other definitions for absent that I've seen before include "Not attending" , "nowhere to be seen" , "Missing, lacking" , "Not present - vacuous" , "Missing or dreamy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Times.

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