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Business that's pretty good after a false start (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

affair

'business' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'pretty good after a false start' is the wordplay.
'pretty good' becomes 'fair' (both can mean of sufficient quality).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'start' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'false' is 'f'.
'a'+'f'='af'
'fair' after 'af' is 'AFFAIR'.

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for affair that I've seen before include "A romantic intrigue" , "A matter, perhaps of love" , "connected with love" , "Raffia (anag)" , "Business; romance" .)

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