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Killing lion, inmate I suspect (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elimination

'killing' is the definition.
(I know that elimination is a type of murder)

'lion inmate i suspect' is the wordplay.
'suspect' indicates anagramming the letters (a suspicious or unusual spelling).
'lion'+'inmate'+'i'='lioninmatei'
'lioninmatei' anagrammed gives 'ELIMINATION'.

(Other definitions for elimination that I've seen before include "Erasure" , "Deletion" , "heat results?" , "Rejection from consideration" , "Process of ruling out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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