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A depleted sprite turned in (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

among

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'sprite turned in' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'a depleted' is the wordplay.
'depleted' becomes 'mong' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a'+'mong'='AMONG'

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(Other definitions for among that I've seen before include "No mag (anag.)" , "In the number of" , "Amid" , "in a group" , "In an assembly of" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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