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Ecstasy seen in something magical is diminished (5)

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waned

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'diminished' is the definition.
(waning is a kind of diminishing)

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(Other definitions for waned that I've seen before include "Decreased in size" , "grew faint" , "Ebbed; declined" , "(Of moon) grew smaller" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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