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Dissolve remote tie to fallen star? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meteorite

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'star?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both natural objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'dissolve remote tie to fallen' is the wordplay.
'dissolve' indicates an anagram.
'to fallen' indicates an anagram.
'remote' is an anagram of 'meteor'.
'tie' with letters rearranged gives 'ite'.
'meteor'+'ite'='METEORITE'

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(Other definitions for meteorite that I've seen before include "Lump from space" , "Matter in the solar system that reaches earth" , "Something falling from the sky" , "Piece of fallen star" , "Rock that falls to earth" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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