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Adore old ruined city that's fabulously rich (2,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

el dorado

'city that's fabulously rich' is the definition.
(mythical city of gold)

'adore old ruined' is the wordplay.
'ruined' indicates anagramming the letters.
'adore'+'old'='adoreold'
'adoreold' anagrammed gives 'EL DORADO'.

(Other definitions for el dorado that I've seen before include "Place of great wealth, from fictitious city on the Amazon" , "Place of fabulous opportunity" , "Land of great wealth" , "Lead door (anag) - the land of gold!" , "Imaginary land of riches" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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