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End of The Times. End and destruction (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

extermination

'destruction' is the definition.
(I know that extermination is a type of annihilation)

'end of the times end' is the wordplay.
'end of the times' becomes 'ex' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'end' becomes 'termination' (termination is a kind of end).
'ex'+'termination'='EXTERMINATION'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for extermination that I've seen before include "Abolishment" , "Execution" , "Annihilation" , "Process of killing vermin, say" , "Favourite Dalek activity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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