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Spilling of gore at sacrifice (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forego

'sacrifice' is the definition.
(to forego something is to give it up)

'spilling of gore' is the wordplay.
'spilling' indicates anagramming the letters.
'of'+'gore'='ofgore'
'ofgore' with letters rearranged gives 'FOREGO'.

'at' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for forego that I've seen before include "Go without or precede" , "Go without, give up" , "Go without (something desirable)" , "Surrender" , "Manage without" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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