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Want to ignore the first world (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

earth

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'world' is the definition.
(I know that world can be written as Earth)

I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

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(Other definitions for earth that I've seen before include "Where some creatures live" , "Third rock from the Sun" , "Land" , "The 3rd planet from the sun" , "World - soil" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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