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Dine out before ten? Table found (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

index

'table found' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'dine out before ten?' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'ten?' becomes 'X' (Roman numeral).
'dine' with letters rearranged gives 'inde'.
'inde'+'x'='INDEX'

(Other definitions for index that I've seen before include "List of topics etc" , "List of contents in book" , "Alphabetica listing" , "Finger next to the thumb" , "One of the fingers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Telegraph.
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