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Goes for the lettuce? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leaves

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'goes' is the definition.
(leaving is a kind of going)

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(Other definitions for leaves that I've seen before include "Abandons" , "exits" , "Departs from the sheets" , "Departs with book pages?" , "takes off" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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