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Cheers affected one island (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tahiti

'island' is the definition.
(I know that Tahiti is a island)

'cheers affected one' is the wordplay.
'cheers' becomes 'ta' (both can mean thank you).
'affected' becomes 'hit' (I've seen this in another clue).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'ta'+'hit'+'i'='TAHITI'

(Other definitions for tahiti that I've seen before include "Society member" , "South Pacific island where both Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin spent time" , "One of the Society Islands" , "Pacific island, Gauguin's home in the 1890s" , "French Polynesian island" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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