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Has eldest turned out to be indestructible? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deathless

'to be indestructible?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'has eldest turned' is the wordplay.
'turned' indicates an anagram.
'has'+'eldest'='haseldest'
'haseldest' with letters rearranged gives 'DEATHLESS'.

'out' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for deathless that I've seen before include "living forever" , "Never-ending" , "immortal" , "Lest heads, oddly, become everlasting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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