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About five, it finished by making a hole (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cavity

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'a hole' is the definition.
(cavity is a kind of hole)

'about five it finished by' is the wordplay.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'five' becomes 'V' (Roman numeral).
'finished by' becomes 'cay' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'v'+'it'='vit'
'vit' going into 'cay' is 'CAVITY'.

'making' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cavity that I've seen before include "Hole, crater" , "Hollow place" , "Internal void" , "Small hole as in tooth" , "Decayed part of tooth" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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