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Airline left India for Indonesian island (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bali

'indonesian island' is the definition.
(island of Indonesia)

'airline left india' is the wordplay.
'airline' becomes 'BA' (British Airways).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'ba'+'l'+'i'='BALI'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bali that I've seen before include "Javanese island" , "Island in Indonesia" , "mountainous island" , "Middle East country" , "Indonesian island, east of Java" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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