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Bridge partner of North facing censure (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

span

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'bridge' is the definition.
(I know that bridge can be written as span)

'partner of north facing censure' is the wordplay.
'partner of north facing' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'censure' becomes 'pan'.
's'+'pan'='SPAN'

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(Other definitions for span that I've seen before include "Distance between two points in time or place" , "Extent, space for odd pans" , "Length of bridge - 9 inches!" , "Ox team; bridge" , "Team of two matched oxen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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