Eliminated (5,3)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">eliminated</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(ruling out is a kind of eliminating)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for ruled out that I've seen before include "Illegal service might be" , "Rejected" , "Excluded as a choice or possibility" , "Eliminated from consideration" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">eliminated</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for out that I've seen before include "Inaccurate - dismissed" , "Not allowed - on strike" , "Means of escape" , "SECOND PART OF 11" , "Not indoors" .)