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Look for brochure American left (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prospect

'look for' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'brochure american left' is the wordplay.
'brochure' becomes 'prospectus' (I've seen this before).
'american' becomes 'us' (abbreviation for United States).
'left' is a deletion indicator.
'prospectus' with 'us' taken out is 'PROSPECT'.

(Other definitions for prospect that I've seen before include "Outlook or panorama" , "Possible customer" , "'Outlook, vista (8)'" , "Explore in search of something, perhaps gold" , "View - chances" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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