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When, within a month, one's left, can't find (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mislay

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'one's left can't find' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'when within a month' is the wordplay.
'when' becomes 'isl' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'within' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a month' becomes 'May' (May is an example).
'isl' going inside 'may' is 'MISLAY'.

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(Other definitions for mislay that I've seen before include "Lose track of" , "Put in wrong place, lose temporarily" , "Put something aside and forget where" , "Lose (something)" , "Temporarily not find" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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