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Latin maybe is hard — time to go off and flop? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

languish

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'flop?' is the definition.

'latin maybe is hard' is the wordplay.
'latin' becomes 'l'.
'maybe' becomes 'anguis' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'is hard' becomes 'h' (abbreviation used in pencil classifications).
'l'+'anguis'+'h'='LANGUISH'

'time to go off and' 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 languish that I've seen before include "Haul sign away - lack vitality" , "go into decline" , "lose strength" , "Droop" , "Long" .)

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