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Leave Virginia about ten, not noon (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vacate

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

'virginia about ten not noon' is the wordplay.
'virginia' becomes 'va' (US state abbreviation).
'about' becomes 'ca' (abbreviation for 'circa'**).
'not' suggests deleting specific letters.
'noon' becomes 'n'.
'ten' with 'n' taken out is 'te'.
'va'+'ca'+'te'='VACATE'

(Other definitions for vacate that I've seen before include "Leave (a position)" , "Quit" , "Depart from, leave empty" , "Make empty" , "Caveat - cease to occupy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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