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Cancel Supreme Court impediment (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scrub

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'cancel' is the definition.
(scrub can mean to cancel or erase)

'supreme court impediment' is the wordplay.
'supreme court' becomes 'sc' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'impediment' becomes 'rub' (rub is a kind of impediment).
'sc'+'rub'='SCRUB'

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(Other definitions for scrub that I've seen before include "Powerful wash" , "Scour - stunted trees" , "Eliminate" , "Brush dirt off - delete - stunted vegetation" , "Take out - clean" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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