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Part the cad needed to play (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

detach

'part' is the definition.
(I know that detach is a more specific form of the action part)

'the cad needed to play' is the wordplay.
'needed' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'to play' indicates an anagram.
'the'+'cad'='thecad'
'thecad' anagrammed gives 'DETACH'.

(Other definitions for detach that I've seen before include "Disengage (something) and remove it" , "Remove from something else, say a coupon" , "Separate one part from another" , "free" , "Separate, disconnect" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Globe and Mail.
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