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Somehow deserve to be cut off (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

severed

'be cut off' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'somehow deserve' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates an anagram.
'deserve' with letters rearranged gives 'SEVERED'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for severed that I've seen before include "parted" , "Detached" , "Cut in two" , "Bisected" , "Split" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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