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Ran away (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fled

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">ran away</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for fled that I've seen before include "Left the field" , "Ran or hurried away" , "Ran off in a hurry" , "Having run or hurried away" , "dashed off elsewhere" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal, The Independent, the Penny Press, the LA Times, The Star Tribune, The Mirror, The Times, The Telegraph, the King Feature Syndicate, the USA Today and the Sydney Morning Herald.
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