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Consisting of verses Tim Rice's rewritten, with one missing (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

metric

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'consisting of verses tim rice's rewritten' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'with one missing' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'one' becomes 'me' (a setter might use 'one' to humourously mean 'me').
'missing' becomes 'tric' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'me' put next to 'tric' is 'METRIC'.

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(Other definitions for metric that I've seen before include "System of weights and measures" , "Like decimal measuring system" , "Relating to verse - based on the metre" , "Of modern measuring units" , "Successor to imperial (system)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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