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Is nothing after the usual time put into quarantine? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

isolate

'put into quarantine?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'is nothing after the usual time' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'after the usual time' becomes 'late' (I've seen this before).
'is'+'o'+'late'='ISOLATE'

(Other definitions for isolate that I've seen before include "Segregate or quarantine" , "Strand" , "Ostracise" , "Put into quarantine" , "put away?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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