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Extracted material to be brought up (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mined

'extracted' is the definition.
(to mine is to extract something from a mine)

'material to be brought up' is the wordplay.
'material' becomes 'denim' (type of fabric).
'to be brought up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in a down clue, letters go up).
'denim' reversed gives 'MINED'.

(Other definitions for mined that I've seen before include "Sought diamonds?" , "Booby-trapped; dug ores from" , "Placed charges" , "proceeded secretly" , "Dug for minerals, say coal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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