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Dismissal maybe; but half remain at the ground (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

removal

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'dismissal' is the definition.
(I know that removal is a type of dismissal)

'half remain at the ground' is the wordplay.
'half' indicates taking half.
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the ground' becomes 'oval' (cricket ground).
'remain' halved is 'rem'.
'rem'+'oval'='REMOVAL'

'maybe but' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for removal that I've seen before include "Dismissal" , "The taking (of something) to another place" , "(Act of) taking away" , "Transferral" , "changing places" .)

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