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Utter nothing in between (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thorough

'utter' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'nothing in between' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'between' becomes 'through'.
'o' placed within 'through' is 'THOROUGH'.

(Other definitions for thorough that I've seen before include "Total - painstaking - in-depth" , "Rigorous" , "Echaustive, complete" , "Absolute, utter" , "Painstaking; absolute" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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