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Does remove the disc at the first stop (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

desist

'stop' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'does remove the disc at the first' is the wordplay.
'remove' is a deletion indicator.
'the disc' becomes 'o'.
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the first' becomes 'ist' (**).
'does' with 'o' taken away is 'des'.
'des'+'ist'='DESIST'

(Other definitions for desist that I've seen before include "Stop (doing something)" , "Stop, don't continue" , "Abstain, refrain" , "Leave off (doing a thing)" , "Stop, abstain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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