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Still going north with the first mate (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

even

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'still' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'going north with the first mate' is the wordplay.
'going north' becomes 'n' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'going' bit.).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the first mate' becomes 'eve' (Adam's mate in the Bible).
'n' after 'eve' is 'EVEN'.

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(Other definitions for even that I've seen before include "Like 2018 but not 2017" , "Smooth, level" , "Equally balanced; level" , "Nearly" , "end of the day, reading poetry" .)

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