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Destroyed the baby tree beside a playhouse (5,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abbey theatre

'playhouse' is the definition.
(I know that Abbey Theatre is a playhouse)

'destroyed the baby tree beside a' is the wordplay.
'destroyed' is an anagram indicator.
'beside' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'the'+'baby'+'tree'='thebabytree'
'thebabytree' with letters rearranged gives 'bbeytheatre'.
'bbeytheatre' after 'a' is 'ABBEY THEATRE'.

(Another definition for abbey theatre that I've seen is " play centre".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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