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Take off for somewhere in the Isle of Man (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peel

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'take off' is the definition.
(as in peeling something off)

'somewhere in the isle of man' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'man' could be 'p' (abbreviation for pawn, a chess piece or 'man') and 'p' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'eel' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for peel that I've seen before include "Outer fruit layer" , "island" , "Remove skin from with blade" , "Young swimmer" , "Citrus skin" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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