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Digs without good spade, say, in shed (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

discard

'shed' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'digs without good spade say' is the wordplay.
'without' suggests deleting specific letters.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'spade say' becomes 'card' (spade is a kind of card).
'digs' with 'g' taken out is 'dis'.
'dis'+'card'='DISCARD'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for discard that I've seen before include "Get rid of" , "Throw away or cast off" , "Jettison" , "Shed" , "Abandon" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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