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Sign programme's finishing early (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

the archer

'sign' is the definition.
(star sign, Sagittarius the Archer)

'programme's finishing early' is the wordplay.
'programme' becomes 'The Archers' (long-running radio programme).
'finishing early' means to remove the last letter (the word finishes earlier than normal).
'thearchers' with its last letter taken off is 'THE ARCHER'.

(Another definition for the archer that I've seen is " Sign".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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