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Maybe halve quiet area, the last to go (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

share

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'maybe halve' is the definition.
'share' can be an answer for 'halve' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'maybe' bit.

'quiet area the last to go' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'sh' (both can be said to tell someone to be quiet).
'the last to go' means to remove the last letter (the last letter goes away).
'area' with its final letter taken off is 'are'.
'sh'+'are'='SHARE'

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(Other definitions for share that I've seen before include "Portion; plough blade" , "Give portion to others" , "Lot" , "Helping" , "Allotted portion" .)

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