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She has nothing on which to subsist (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

olive

'she' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'nothing on which to subsist' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'on which' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'to subsist' becomes 'live' ('live' can be a synonym of 'subsist').
'o'+'live'='OLIVE'

'has' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for olive that I've seen before include "Oil producer" , "yellowish green" , "Girl's name - colour" , "Small green Mediterranean tree-fruit (5)" , "Its branch is a peace emblem" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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