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Eco warrior finally laid to rest in lavish EU tomb (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

umberto

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'eco' is the definition.
(Italian author Umberto Eco)

'warrior finally laid to rest in lavish eu tomb' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'to' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'umber' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for umberto that I've seen before include "eco-friendly author?" , "Last king of Italy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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