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Is lonely only having left land (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

isle

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'land' is the definition.
(isle is a kind of land)

'is lonely' is the wordplay.
'lonely' becomes 'le' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'is'+'le'='ISLE'

'only having left' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for isle that I've seen before include "isolated spot" , "See 10 Down" , "Eg, Iona" , "The Emerald - (Ireland)" , "Body of land surrounded by water" .)

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