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Garden site — it's abandoned and decays (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disintegrates

'decays' is the definition.
('disintegrate' can be a synonym of 'decay')

'garden site it's abandoned' is the wordplay.
'abandoned' is an anagram indicator.
'garden'+'site'+'its'='gardensiteits'
'gardensiteits' is an anagram of 'DISINTEGRATES'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for disintegrates that I've seen before include "Falls apart" , "Breaks apart" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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