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Something to sit on, right up to now (5)

Ross

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2,3

sofar

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'up to now' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'something to sit on right' is the wordplay.
'something to sit on' becomes 'sofa' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'sofa'+'r'='SOFAR'

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(Other definitions for sofar that I've seen before include "'Heretofore (2,3)'" , "To this point" , "'Up to this time (2,3)'" , "Up till now" , "Up until the present moment" .)

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