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Death from ruin, cast out (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

curtains

'death' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'ruin cast out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'ruin'+'cast'='ruincast'
'ruincast' anagrammed gives 'CURTAINS'.

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for curtains that I've seen before include "Hanging cloths" , "theatre equipment!" , "Window drapes in slangy ending" , "for Windows" , "It could be the end" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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