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Killing made from large scale piece of land (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

massacre

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

'large scale piece of land' is the wordplay.
'large scale' becomes 'mass' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'piece of land' becomes 'acre' (I've seen this in another clue).
'mass'+'acre'='MASSACRE'

'made from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for massacre that I've seen before include "Wholesale slaughter" , "Complete defeat" , "Indiscriminate killing of large numbers" , "Slaughter, holocaust" , "Yours and mine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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