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Leave club in cab — sail out! (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sabbatical

'leave' is the definition.
(sabbatical is a kind of leave)

'club in cab sail out' is the wordplay.
'club' becomes 'bat' (bat is a kind of club).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'cab'+'sail'='cabsail'
'cabsail' anagrammed gives 'sabical'.
'bat' inserted within 'sabical' is 'SABBATICAL'.

(Other definitions for sabbatical that I've seen before include "Academic period of paid leave" , "Period of leave for university teacher" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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