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Landing plane totally empty (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jetty

'landing' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'plane totally empty' is the wordplay.
'plane' becomes 'jet' (jet plane is a kind of plane).
'empty' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'totally' with its middle taken out is 'ty'.
'jet'+'ty'='JETTY'

(Other definitions for jetty that I've seen before include "Small landing stage" , "Quay" , "Dock" , "Pier - landing stage" , "Wharf" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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