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Lacking wide interests, ruins a learner sadly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

insular

'lacking wide interests' is the definition.
(insular can mean narrow-minded)

'ruins a learner sadly' is the wordplay.
'learner' becomes 'l'.
'sadly' indicates an anagram.
'ruins'+'a'+'l'='ruinsal'
'ruinsal' is an anagram of 'INSULAR'.

(Other definitions for insular that I've seen before include "Surrounded by water - narrow - prejudiced" , "Aloof - like an island" , "Narrow-minded like islander?" , "Narrow-minded; isolated" , "cut off" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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