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Area by lake left for everybody (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

all

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

'area by lake left' is the wordplay.
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'lake' becomes 'L' (geographical abbreviation).
'left' becomes 'L' (common abbreviation).
'a'+'l'+'l'='ALL'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for all that I've seen before include "that's as many as there are" , "Everyone - complete" , "Entirely; everyone" , "The lot, everyone" , "nothing more" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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