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Broken oven left as new (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

novel

'new' is the definition.
(I know that new can be written as novel)

'broken oven left' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates an anagram.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'oven' anagrammed gives 'nove'.
'nove'+'l'='NOVEL'

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for novel that I've seen before include "Unusual; book" , "strange possibly" , "A work of fiction of new kind" , "Paperback" , "New; original" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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