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Mae West was missing competition (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meet

'competition' is the definition.
(meet is a kind of competition)

'mae west was missing' is the wordplay.
'missing' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'mae'+'west'='maewest'
'maewest' with 'was' taken out is 'MEET'.

(Other definitions for meet that I've seen before include "Get together socially or for business" , "Join" , "Countryside assembly now perhaps not legal" , "Come face to face - it is fitting" , "Fitting - encounter" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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