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A team taken apart? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aside

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'apart?' is the definition.
(I know that apart can be written as aside)

'a team' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'side' (both can mean a sports team).
'a'+'side'='ASIDE'

'taken' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for aside that I've seen before include "Actors comment to his audience" , "I.e. sad (anag.)" , "Separately" , "In reserve -- confidential remark" , "Quiet words spoken" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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