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Bombing announcement of new ruler (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nuking

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'bombing announcement' is the definition.
'nuking' can be an answer for 'bombing' (nuking is a kind of bombing). I'm not certain of the 'announcement' bit.

'new ruler' is the wordplay.
'new' becomes 'nu' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ruler' becomes 'king' (king is a kind of ruler).
'nu'+'king'='NUKING'

'of' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for nuking that I've seen before include "Dropping an A-bomb (onto)" , "warming up" .)

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