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Cage fighting? RIP then junior (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prison

'cage' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fighting? rip then junior' is the wordplay.
'fighting?' indicates anagramming the letters.
'then' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'junior' becomes 'son' (I've seen this in another clue).
'rip' anagrammed gives 'pri'.
'pri'+'son'='PRISON'

(Other definitions for prison that I've seen before include "Correctional institution" , "Slammer" , "Eg, Wormwood Scrubs" , "Penitentiary" , "Place of confinement" .)

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