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Force bishop to leave shelter to plough (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

furrow

'plough' is the definition.
(both can mean a trench)

'force bishop to leave shelter' is the wordplay.
'force' becomes 'f' (symbol used in Physics e.g. f=ma).
'bishop' becomes 'b' (abbreviation used in chess).
'to leave' is a deletion indicator.
'shelter' becomes 'burrow'.
'burrow' with 'b' removed is 'urrow'.
'f'+'urrow'='FURROW'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for furrow that I've seen before include "Ploughing mark" , "Shallow trench made by a plough" , "Long cut in ground made by plough" , "Plough's rut" , "It's groovy!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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