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Sick? Not very, miss (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

omit

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'miss' is the definition.
(I know that miss can be written as omit)

'sick? not' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'not' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mit' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'very' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for omit that I've seen before include "Fail to mention" , "Take out" , "Exclude; forget to include" , "Neglect to include" , "Leave out or undone" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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