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Ladies to gather round, being cut off (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

isolated

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'being cut off' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'ladies to gather' is the wordplay.
'gather' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'gathered' mean this).
'ladies'+'to'='ladiesto'
'ladiesto' anagrammed gives 'ISOLATED'.

'round' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for isolated that I've seen before include "kept apart from others" , "Solitary" , "Separated from others" , "individual" , "Set apart from others" .)

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