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Impractical to abandon mostly toxic rubbish (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

quixotic

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'impractical' is the definition.
('quixotic' can be similar in meaning to 'impractical')

'abandon mostly toxic rubbish' is the wordplay.
'abandon mostly' becomes 'qui' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rubbish' indicates anagramming the letters.
'toxic' with letters rearranged gives 'xotic'.
'qui'+'xotic'='QUIXOTIC'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for quixotic that I've seen before include "Fancifully impractical" , "Having impractical ideas" , "Extravagantly romantic" , "Impracticably idealistic" , "Unworldly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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