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Stop putting the earth into a box (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cease

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'stop' is the definition.
(I know that stop can be written as cease)

'putting the earth into a box' is the wordplay.
'putting the earth' becomes 'e' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'a box' becomes 'case' (I've seen this in another clue).
'e' placed inside 'case' is 'CEASE'.

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(Other definitions for cease that I've seen before include "Political group" , "Come to an end" , "Discontinue" , "Culminate" , "Desist" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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