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Ledger entry’s extremely defective part (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

debit

'ledger entry's' is the definition.
(debit is a kind of ledger entry)

'extremely defective part' is the wordplay.
'extremely' means to remove the middle letters (only the extremes of the word are used).
'part' becomes 'bit' (both mean a piece of something).
'defective' with its middle removed is 'de'.
'de'+'bit'='DEBIT'

(Other definitions for debit that I've seen before include "Opposite of 23 across" , "Accounting entry showing sum owing" , "Money owed" , "Accounting entry showing sums owing" , "Sum removed from a bank account" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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