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Cast out material, completely out of time (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

exile

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'cast out' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'material completely out of time' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'out of' could be 'ex' ('out of' in Latin) and 'ex' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ile' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for exile that I've seen before include "Drive away" , "Expulsion from one's country" , "Send away" , "Outcast" , "Person banished from the home country" .)

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