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Keep endless original artefacts from island in greenhouse (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

conservatory

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'island in greenhouse' is the definition.
'conservatory' can be an answer for 'greenhouse' (conservatory is a kind of greenhouse). I am not certain of the 'island in' bit.

'keep endless original artefacts' is the wordplay.
'keep' becomes 'conserve' (conserving is a kind of keeping).
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'original artefacts' becomes 'atory' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'conserve' with its last letter removed is 'conserv'.
'conserv'+'atory'='CONSERVATORY'

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for conservatory that I've seen before include "Hothouse" , "Sun lounge" , "school of music" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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