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Withdrawal of trade? Pure rubbish! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

departure

'withdrawal' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'trade? pure rubbish' is the wordplay.
'rubbish' is an anagram indicator.
'trade'+'pure'='tradepure'
'tradepure' with letters rearranged gives 'DEPARTURE'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for departure that I've seen before include "Exodus" , "Variation from the expected" , "Act of leaving" , "shift" , "change of direction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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