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Fragile pot damaged with rake (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

profligate

'rake' is the definition.
('profligate' can be a synonym of 'rake')

'fragile pot damaged' is the wordplay.
'damaged' indicates an anagram.
'fragile'+'pot'='fragilepot'
'fragilepot' with letters rearranged gives 'PROFLIGATE'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for profligate that I've seen before include "Recklessly wasteful" , "Dissolute" , "Wildly extravagant" , "Wastrel" , "Recklessly extravagant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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