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Program location containing nothing suitable (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apposite

'suitable' is the definition.
(apposite means suitable or appropriate)

'program location containing nothing' is the wordplay.
'program' becomes 'app' (type of computer program).
'location' becomes 'site' (site is a kind of location).
'containing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (O resembles 0).
'app'+'site'='appsite'
'appsite' placed around 'o' is 'APPOSITE'.

(Other definitions for apposite that I've seen before include "fitting" , "Appropriate for purpose or occasion" , "Befitting" , "Meet" , "Suited for the purpose" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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