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Single idea lost in translation (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

isolated

'single' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'idea lost in translation' is the wordplay.
'in translation' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'idea'+'lost'='idealost'
'idealost' is an anagram of 'ISOLATED'.

(Other definitions for isolated that I've seen before include "Solitary" , "hard to find" , "Segregated" , "Set apart, quarantined" , "Single" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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