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Person who's been ostracised, dismissed by all the players (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outcast

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">person who's been ostracised</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(someone cast out from society)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">dismissed by all the players</span>' is the wordplay.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">dismissed by</span>' suggests deleting specific letters.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">all</span>' becomes '<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">tout</span>' <span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span>.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">the</span>' becomes '<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">t</span>' <span class="explanation-format__explanation">(the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects)</span>.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">players</span>' becomes '<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">cast</span>' <span class="explanation-format__explanation">(group of actors)</span>.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">tout</span>' with '<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">t</span>' taken out is '<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">out</span>'.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">out</span>'+'<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">cast</span>'='<span class="explanation-format__answer">OUTCAST</span>'<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for outcast that I've seen before include "vagabond" , "Displaced person" , "Pariah, society reject" , "Person rejected by a group or society" , "Role of Ishmael" .)

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