Crossword Genius

King of Rome heard in ruins (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wrecks

'ruins' is the definition.
(wrecking is a kind of ruining)

'king of rome heard' is the wordplay.
'king of rome' becomes 'rex' (I've seen this in another clue).
'heard' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'rex' sounds like 'WRECKS'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for wrecks that I've seen before include "Ships destroyed at sea" , "Ships at bottom of sea" , "Ships on sea bed" , "suffers ruin" , "ruins" .)

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