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… and a bit distant (5)

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I believe the answer is:

apart

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'distant' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'and a bit' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
'bit' could be 'part' (I've seen this before) and 'part' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for apart that I've seen before include "Estranged - in pieces" , "away" , "Isolated" , "cut off from others" , "Separated physically" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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