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Ask a person for leave (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

begone

'leave' is the definition.

'ask a person' is the wordplay.
'ask' becomes 'beg' (begging is a kind of asking).
'a person' becomes 'one'.
'beg'+'one'='BEGONE'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for begone that I've seen before include "Get away" , "make himself scarce" , "Take a hike" , "get lost" , "Archaic command to buzz off" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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