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Take out Romeo in comfort (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

erase

'take out' is the definition.
(erasing is a kind of taking out)

'romeo in comfort' is the wordplay.
'romeo' becomes 'R' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'comfort' becomes 'ease' (easing is a kind of comforting).
'r' placed inside 'ease' is 'ERASE'.

(Other definitions for erase that I've seen before include "Put out of mind" , "Eradicate" , "Remove permanently" , "Scratch" , "score" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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