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Leave the outskirts of Seville with upper-class twit (3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

set off

'leave' is the definition.
(set off can mean to depart)

'outskirts of seville with upper-class twit' is the wordplay.
'outskirts of' means to remove the middle letters.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'upper-class twit' becomes 'toff' (term for an upper-class person).
'seville' with its centre taken out is 'se'.
'se'+'toff'='SET-OFF'

'the' is the link.

(Other definitions for set off that I've seen before include "radio with no reception" , "Commence journey or detonate" , "Begin journey or cause to ignite" , "Commence journey or explode bomb" , "Explode; start journey" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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