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Opponent of Wade's last three letters from opponent of Borg (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roe

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'opponent of wade's' is the definition.
(as in Roe vs Wade, US court case)

'last three letters from opponent of borg' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'from' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 're' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for roe that I've seen before include "shy animal" , "If hard, eggs" , "Lobster's ripe ovary" , "Food from fish" , "Mass of fish eggs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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