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End of Third World famine (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dearth

'famine' is the definition.
(a famine is a dearth of food)

'end of third world' is the wordplay.
'end of' says to take the final letters.
'world' becomes 'earth' (synonyms).
The last letter of 'third' is 'd'.
'd'+'earth'='DEARTH'

(Other definitions for dearth that I've seen before include "Lack of resources" , "Acute insufficiency" , "Hatred (anag) -- shortage" , "Shortage, lack" , "deficiency" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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