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Nullify north-east entrance (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

negate

'nullify' is the definition.
(I know that nullify can be written as negate)

'north-east entrance' is the wordplay.
'north east' becomes 'ne'.
'entrance' becomes 'gate' (type of entrance).
'ne'+'gate'='NEGATE'

(Other definitions for negate that I've seen before include "Cancel; invalidate" , "Show to be false" , "Contradict" , "Nullify - deny the existence of" , "Cause to have no effect" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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