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Russian who makes one leave Central America (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

igor

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'russian who' is the definition.
'igor' can be an answer for 'russian' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the rest of the definition.

'one leave central america' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'leave' becomes 'go' (to go is to depart or leave).
'central' indicates the central letters.
The central letter of 'america' is 'r'.
'i'+'go'+'r'='IGOR'

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(Other definitions for igor that I've seen before include "Prince in Borodin's opera" , "Prince --, opera by Borodin" , "Prince of Russian opera" , "Stravinsky, for example" , "Russian man" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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