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Leave, accompanied by X (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

withdraw

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'leave' is the definition.
(I know that withdraw is a more specific form of the action retire)

'accompanied by x' is the wordplay.
'accompanied by' becomes 'with' (I've seen this before).
'x' becomes 'draw' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with'+'draw'='WITHDRAW'

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(Other definitions for withdraw that I've seen before include "Scratch" , "Bow out, retreat" , "Take, go, back" , "depart?" , "Remove, take away" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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