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A part of Ireland, removing large English grave (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

austere

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

'a part of ireland removing large english' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'part' could be 'te' (te is a kind of part) and 'te' is found in the answer.
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for austere that I've seen before include "Harsh" , "'Spartan, simple (7)'" , "Serious" , "Lacking adornments" , "Plain, cold" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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