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For comparison, is maybe over a mile (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

simile

'for comparison' is the definition.
(simile is a kind of comparison)

'is maybe over a mile' is the wordplay.
'maybe' indicates an anagram.
'over' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'is' with letters rearranged gives 'si'.
'si'+'mile'='SIMILE'

(Other definitions for simile that I've seen before include "Figure of speech expressing resemblance between different things" , "Figure of speech used in making comparisons" , "Lies I'm finding in figure of speech" , "as pleased as Punch perhaps?" , "as easy as pie, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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