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Leave pieces with model for division (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

department

'division' is the definition.
(department is a kind of division)

'leave pieces with model' is the wordplay.
'leave' becomes 'depart' (synonyms).
'pieces' becomes 'men' (man can mean a chess piece).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'model' becomes 't' (Ford Model T car).
'depart'+'men'+'t'='DEPARTMENT'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for department that I've seen before include "Division of company" , "group of civil servants" , "Sector" , "Section of organisation" , "Moselle, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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