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Island very behind time cut off (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

isolate

'cut off' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'island very behind' is the wordplay.
'island' becomes 'i'.
'very' becomes 'so' (I've seen this in other clues).
'behind' becomes 'late'.
'i'+'so'+'late'='ISOLATE'

'time' is the link.

(Other definitions for isolate that I've seen before include "put away?" , "Also tie (anag.)" , "Maroon" , "split up" , "Place separately" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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