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Reflexive pronoun is left out (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

itself

'reflexive pronoun' is the definition.
(reflexive pronoun form of 'it')

'is left out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'is'+'left'='isleft'
'isleft' is an anagram of 'ITSELF'.

(Other definitions for itself that I've seen before include "That's it, emphatically" , "See 1" , "The thing in question" , "Reflexive word - stifle (anag)" , "that's the thing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Times.
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