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Spare tea-set put aside (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

separate

'put aside' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'spare tea-set' is the wordplay.
'set' indicates anagramming the letters (instruction to set the letters).
'spare'+'tea'='sparetea'
'sparetea' anagrammed gives 'SEPARATE'.

(Other definitions for separate that I've seen before include "Pull apart" , "Distinct or discrete" , "Not joined or touching" , "Not joined or united with others" , "Move" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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