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Leave extremely disreputable sector (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

depart

'leave' is the definition.
(departing is a kind of leaving)

'extremely disreputable sector' is the wordplay.
'extremely' means to remove the middle letters.
'sector' becomes 'part' (both can mean a segment).
'disreputable' with its middle taken out is 'de'.
'de'+'part'='DEPART'

(Other definitions for depart that I've seen before include "Take one's leave, go" , "21" , "Set out" , "make tracks" , "Go away or leave" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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