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Citrons from discount store thrown out (6)

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ousted

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'out' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs sometimes mean the same thing.

'citrons from discount store thrown' is the wordplay.
'from' is a deletion indicator.
'thrown' indicates an anagram.
'discount'+'store'='discountstore'
'discountstore' with 'citrons' taken out is 'dustoe'.
'dustoe' is an anagram of 'OUSTED'.

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(Other definitions for ousted that I've seen before include "Ejected, deposed" , "Thrown out" , "Booted out of office" , "Drove or ejected from office" , "Put or forced out of office" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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