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Scene changed after sailor gets leave (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

absence

'leave' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'scene changed after sailor' is the wordplay.
'changed' is an anagram indicator.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sailor' becomes 'ab' (abbreviation for able seaman).
'scene' with letters rearranged gives 'sence'.
'sence' after 'ab' is 'ABSENCE'.

'gets' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for absence that I've seen before include "It may make the heart grow fonder" , "''. . . . . . . makes the heart grow fonder'' (7)" , "Need" , "Want, lack" , "Lack - it makes the heart grow fonder" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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