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By luck, lab recreated molecule (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

buckyball

'molecule' is the definition.
(molecule of several carbon atoms)

'by luck lab recreated' is the wordplay.
'recreated' is an anagram indicator.
'by'+'luck'+'lab'='bylucklab'
'bylucklab' with letters rearranged gives 'BUCKYBALL'.

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