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Take away inferior piece of land? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

subtract

'take away' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'inferior piece of land?' is the wordplay.
'inferior' becomes 'sub'.
'piece of land?' becomes 'tract' ('tract' can be a synonym of 'piece of land'**).
'sub'+'tract'='SUBTRACT'

(Other definitions for subtract that I've seen before include "Withdraw" , "Take an amount away" , "Knock off" , "Deduct" , "dock" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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