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Weight alluded to in eleventh letter mentioned by air-traffic controller? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kilo

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'weight' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Metric weight' mean 'kilo' so perhaps 'weight' could also mean 'kilo')

'alluded to in eleventh letter mentioned by air-traffic controller?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'letter' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'kil' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for kilo that I've seen before include "Measure of weight" , "Lewis Carroll heroine" , "possible drugs unit" , "Metric weight, informally" , "Metric unit of weight" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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