Even when Victor's left (3)

I believe the answer is:

een

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'even' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'when victor's left' is the wordplay.
'when' becomes 'e' (I've seen this in other clues).
'victor's left' becomes 'en' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'e'+'en'='EEN'

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(Other definitions for een that I've seen before include "Literary form of even" , "Even to the poet" , "Even, poetically" , "Poetic form of even" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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