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Lack of honey — this is missing (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dearth

'lack of' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'honey this is missing' is the wordplay.
'honey' becomes 'dear' (synonyms).
'missing' is a deletion indicator.
'this' with 'is' removed is 'th'.
'dear'+'th'='DEARTH'

(Other definitions for dearth that I've seen before include "Acute insufficiency" , "Red hat for scarcity" , "Severe lack" , "want" , "In short supply" .)

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