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Ned Eliot played with Erasure (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deletion

'erasure' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'ned eliot played' is the wordplay.
'played' indicates an anagram.
'ned'+'eliot'='nedeliot'
'nedeliot' is an anagram of 'DELETION'.

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for deletion that I've seen before include "Idle note (anag) - erasure" , "shelving" , "Process of erasure" , "Removal called for" , "Removal, erasure" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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