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Missile put up by eastern business (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trade

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'business' is the definition.
(trade is a kind of business)

'missile put up by eastern' is the wordplay.
'missile' becomes 'dart' (dart is a kind of missile).
'put up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'by eastern' becomes 'e' (I am not sure about the 'by' bit.).
'dart' back-to-front is 'trad'.
'trad'+'e'='TRADE'

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(Other definitions for trade that I've seen before include "Barter or swap" , "Transaction" , "Deal commercially" , "Business - (kind of) wind" , "Personal occupation" .)

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