Crossword Genius

Remove former area of land (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

extract

'remove' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'former area of land' is the wordplay.
'former' becomes 'ex'.
'area of land' becomes 'tract' (I've seen this before**).
'ex'+'tract'='EXTRACT'

(Other definitions for extract that I've seen before include "Short sample" , "Draw out by force" , "Draw out - distillation" , "Lift from book" , "Pluck out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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