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Inclination to destroy spider place (14)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

predisposition

'inclination' is the definition.
(predisposition is a kind of inclination)

'destroy spider place' is the wordplay.
'destroy' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'place' becomes 'position' (positioning is a kind of placing).
'spider' is an anagram of 'predis'.
'predis'+'position'='PREDISPOSITION'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for predisposition that I've seen before include "A tendency (to do something)" , "Bent" , "An already existing inclination" , "Existing inclination (to react in a certain way)" , "Prior inclination (towards something)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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