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Drive away from island and lake in Kansas City (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dislodge

'drive away' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'island and lake in kansas city' is the wordplay.
'island' becomes 'is' (abbreviation).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'lake' becomes 'L' (geographical abbreviation).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'kansas city' becomes 'dodge' (I've seen this before).
'is'+'l'='isl'
'isl' put into 'dodge' is 'DISLODGE'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dislodge that I've seen before include "Gods lied (anag.)" , "Knock or force out of position" , "Drive away" , "Knock from an established position" , "Prise out of position" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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