2009 novel by Chris Longmuir (8)

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deadwood

(Other definitions for deadwood that I've seen before include "Material not any good" , "Where film stage" , "Useless people" , "Unproductive people or things" , "Useless material" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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