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Greek ruins some chicken by cooking (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parthenon

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'greek ruins some chicken by cooking' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'some chicken by cooking' is the wordplay.
'some' becomes 'part' (only part of something).
'chicken' becomes 'hen' (hen is a kind of chicken).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'cooking' becomes 'on' (I've seen this in other clues).
'part'+'hen'+'on'='PARTHENON'

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(Other definitions for parthenon that I've seen before include "ruined Greek temple" , "Temple of Athene on Acropolis in Athens" , "Ancient temple" , "Temple on the Athenian Acropolis" , "Tourist attraction of Athens" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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