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With this burden, you'll never get off to America (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

onus

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'with this burden you'll never' is the definition.
'onus' can be an answer for 'burden' (synonyms). I am not sure about the remainder of the definition.

'off to america' is the wordplay.
'off' becomes 'on' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to america' becomes 'US' (United States).
'on'+'us'='ONUS'

'get' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for onus that I've seen before include "Responsibilty" , "'Responsibility, task or burden (4)'" , "Burden, duty" , "'Burden, of proof (4)'" , "Duty or responsibility" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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