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Left murder victim's identific­ation tag (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

label

'identification tag' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'left murder victim's' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'murder victim' becomes 'abel' (Biblical character).
'l'+'abel'='LABEL'

(Other definitions for label that I've seen before include "Put a name to" , "Tag or trade name" , "Designate" , "Identifying tag" , "Give name to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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