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Comic feature that's a take-off? (5)

Ross

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strip

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'comic' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for strip that I've seen before include "Peel; long narrow piece" , "Remove clothes, just a sliver" , "Dismantle" , "Tear off" , "Remove covering from" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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