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Crew leaving show, inevitably (8)

Ross

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perforce

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'inevitably' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for perforce that I've seen before include "Old word for necessarily, due to circumstances" , "Unavoidably" , "Necessarily; inevitably" , "By force of circumstance, necessarily" , "Necessarily, arising from free crop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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