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Summer's beginning, pack and go away (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scram

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'go away' is the definition.
(scramming is a kind of going away)

'summer's beginning pack' is the wordplay.
'summer's beginning' becomes 'sc' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pack' becomes 'ram' (synonyms).
'sc'+'ram'='SCRAM'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for scram that I've seen before include "Leave quickly" , "Vamoose" , "Leave hurriedly" , "Beat it, get lost, go away" , "Hop it!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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