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Dilapidated house due proper reconstruction (4-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doer-upper

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'dilapidated house' is the definition.
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'due proper reconstruction' is the wordplay.
'reconstruction' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'reconstructions' mean this).
'due'+'proper'='dueproper'
'dueproper' anagrammed gives 'DOER-UPPER'.

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