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Turn away from neighbourhood area for one further on? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

distract

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'turn away' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'neighbourhood area for one further on?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'area' could be 'tract' (tract is a kind of area) and 'tract' is found in the answer.
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for distract that I've seen before include "Subject to diversion" , "beguile" , "Cause to lose concentration" , "Side track" , "Divert (attention) from something" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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