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Leaves oddly sick sheep (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scrams

'leaves' is the definition.
(scramming is a kind of leaving)

'oddly sick sheep' is the wordplay.
'oddly' means one should take alternating letters.
'sheep' becomes 'rams' (I have seen 'Male sheep ' mean 'rams' so perhaps 'sheep' could also mean 'rams').
The alternate letters of 'sick' are 'sc'.
'sc'+'rams'='SCRAMS'

(Other definitions for scrams that I've seen before include "goes off, it's said" , "Suddenly leaves" , "Buzzes off, vamooses" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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