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Deciding where one is drawing the line? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ruling

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'deciding' is the definition.
(ruling is a kind of deciding)

'one is drawing the line?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is present in the answer.
'line?' could be 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem) and 'l' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'rung' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'where' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ruling that I've seen before include "Court decision" , "Drawing a fine line" , "Decree" , "judgment" , "currently in force" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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