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I take ladders out from wrecks (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ruins

'wrecks' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'i take ladders out' is the wordplay.
'take' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for 'recipe', Latin for 'take').
'ladders' becomes 'uns' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'out' indicates putting letters inside.
'r'+'uns'='runs'
'i' inserted into 'runs' is 'RUINS'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ruins that I've seen before include "Broken-down remnants" , "Spoils" , "Damages irreparably" , "Damaged remains (of building)" , "Destroys" .)

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