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Excellent European breeding ground: limited measure going out the window (14)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

defenestration

'going out the window' is the definition.
(to defenestrate is to throw out of a window)

'excellent european breeding ground limited measure' is the wordplay.
'excellent' becomes 'def' (old-fashioned term for excellent).
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'breeding ground' becomes 'nest' (I've seen this in other clues).
'limited measure' becomes 'ration' (a limited or rationed quantity).
'def'+'e'+'nest'+'ration'='DEFENESTRATION'

(Other definitions for defenestration that I've seen before include "Act of ejecting someone through a window" , "Act of throwing out of a window" , "projected through lights" , "Opening extraction" , "Ejection from a window" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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