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Ace with gin turned out of bar (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apart from

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'bar' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'ace with gin turned out of' is the wordplay.
'ace with' becomes 'a' (abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'gin' becomes 'trap' (I've seen this in another clue).
'turned' is a reversal indicator.
'out of' becomes 'from' (I've seen this before).
'trap' back-to-front is 'part'.
'a'+'part'+'from'='APART FROM'

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