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Last crane turned out to be inherited (9)

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I believe the answer is:

ancestral

'to be inherited' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'last crane turned' is the wordplay.
'turned' indicates anagramming the letters.
'last'+'crane'='lastcrane'
'lastcrane' anagrammed gives 'ANCESTRAL'.

'out' is the link.

(Other definitions for ancestral that I've seen before include "To do with forebears, say stately home" , "Coming down the line" , "of predecessors" , "inherited from forebears" , "Coming down the tree" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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