Innovators recycling DNA at grave (5-5)

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avant-garde

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'innovators recycling dna at grave' is the definition.
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'recycling dna at grave' is the wordplay.
'recycling' is an anagram indicator.
'dna'+'at'+'grave'='dnaatgrave'
'dnaatgrave' is an anagram of 'AVANT-GARDE'.

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(Other definitions for avant-garde that I've seen before include "Radical - daring" , "Experimental (art)" , "Daringly innovative or unconventional" , "New and experimental" , "In the arts, radically new and daring" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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