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Unnecessary seats in line to be shifted (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inessential

'unnecessary' is the definition.
('inessential' can be similar in meaning to 'unnecessary')

'seats in line to be shifted' is the wordplay.
'to be shifted' indicates anagramming the letters.
'seats'+'in'+'line'='seatsinline'
'seatsinline' is an anagram of 'INESSENTIAL'.

(Other definitions for inessential that I've seen before include "Not absolutely necessary" , "dispensable" , "Unnecessary" , "Not totally necessary" , "Something that's only nice to have" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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