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Not quite north? That's irrelevant (6,3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beside the point

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'irrelevant' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'not quite north?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'not' could be 'nt' (synonyms) and 'nt' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'that's' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for beside the point that I've seen before include "as the end of sentence?" , "Sentence starts or ends here" , "Irrelevant" , "It's immaterial" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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