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Takes no notice of outlying regions (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ignores

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'takes no notice' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

'outlying regions' is the wordplay.
'outlying' is an anagram indicator.
'regions' with letters rearranged gives 'IGNORES'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ignores that I've seen before include "Cold shoulders" , "Snubs" , "Pays no attention to" , "Passes over" , "Gives the cold shoulder" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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