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Quietly must leave golf club, say (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

utter

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

'quietly must leave golf club' is the wordplay.
'quietly' becomes 'p' (p for piano and quiet).
'must leave' is a deletion indicator.
'golf club' becomes 'putter' (I've seen this before).
'putter' with 'p' removed is 'UTTER'.

(Other definitions for utter that I've seen before include "Total < state" , "Make sounds (but not necessarily words)" , "Thoroughgoing" , "outright" , "Express audibly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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