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About the time share, lost the suit (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hearts

'suit' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'about the time share lost the' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'time' becomes 't'.
'lost' is a deletion indicator.
'the'+'t'+'share'='thetshare'
'thetshare' with 'the' taken out is 'tshare'.
'tshare' anagrammed gives 'HEARTS'.

(Other definitions for hearts that I've seen before include "They beat" , "Edinburgh football team - suit" , "Central parts" , "Scottish footballers" , "Scottish team" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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