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There's nothing in lining up (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nil

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'there's nothing' is the definition.
(nil means a score of zero in football)

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

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(Other definitions for nil that I've seen before include "Nothing found in senility" , "Nothing - in Latin" , "There's nothing left" , "Lacking value" , "Zero, no score" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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