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Rat cleans out family (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ancestral

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

'rat cleans out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'rat'+'cleans'='ratcleans'
'ratcleans' with letters rearranged gives 'ANCESTRAL'.

(Other definitions for ancestral that I've seen before include "Lancaster (anag)" , "from old-timers" , "Patrimonial" , "Relating to one's forebears" , "Inherited from antecedents" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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