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Take flight, heading off for shelter (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lee

'shelter' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'take flight heading off' is the wordplay.
'take flight' becomes 'flee' ('flee' can be a synonym of 'take flight').
'heading off' means to remove the first letter.
'flee' with its first letter taken away is 'LEE'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for lee that I've seen before include "Area sheltered from the wind" , "Cork river" , "Shelter" , "actor" , "The sheltered side - of Cork's river?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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