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Should the East stop ignoring borders? (3,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

has to

'should' is the definition.
(someone who has to do something should do it)

'east stop ignoring borders?' is the wordplay.
'east' becomes 'has' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ignoring borders?' means to look at the middle letters.
The central letters of 'stop' are 'to'.
'has'+'to'='HAS TO'

'the' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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