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Left in bloodstained triumph (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glory

'triumph' is the definition.
(glorying is a kind of triumphing)

'left in bloodstained' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bloodstained' becomes 'gory' ('gory' can be a synonym of 'bloodstained').
'l' going inside 'gory' is 'GLORY'.

(Other definitions for glory that I've seen before include "Resplendent brightness" , "The Power and the . . . . . (Graham Greene)" , "Splendour - fame" , "celebrity" , "Honour, distinction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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