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Discontinued, as may be borne out around the week-end (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

broken

'discontinued' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'borne out around the week-end' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'the week-end' becomes 'k' (end of the word 'week').
'borne' is an anagram of 'broen'.
'broen' going around 'k' is 'BROKEN'.

'as may be' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for broken that I've seen before include "Busted, damaged" , "Damaged, in need of repair" , "no longer working?" , "Smashed, in pieces" , "out of order" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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