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Responsibility — and where ours falls (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

onus

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'responsibility' is the definition.
(onus is a duty or responsibility)

'and where ours falls' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ous' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for onus that I've seen before include "'Responsibility, task or burden (4)'" , "Encumbrance" , "albatross?" , "Duty or responsibility" , "'Burden, load (4)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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