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Abandoned aide, lost and cut off from society (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

isolated

'cut off from society' is the definition.

'abandoned aide lost' is the wordplay.
'abandoned' indicates an anagram.
'aide'+'lost'='aidelost'
'aidelost' with letters rearranged gives 'ISOLATED'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for isolated that I've seen before include "Without accompaniment" , "Single" , "Placed alone" , "Cut off or left behind" , "Cut off, remote" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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