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Follow it out of bathroom, often? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ensue

'follow' is the definition.
(ensue can mean to follow or happen as a result)

'it out of bathroom often?' is the wordplay.
'out of' suggests deleting specific letters ('out of' can mean no longer having).
'bathroom often?' becomes 'ensuite' (en suite is a type of bathroom).
'ensuite' with 'it' removed is 'ENSUE'.

(Other definitions for ensue that I've seen before include "succeed" , "Come about, result in" , "Come next" , "Follow as a consequence" , "Happen afterwards as a result" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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