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Looks to dispose of stone god (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ares

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

'looks to dispose of stone' is the wordplay.
'looks' becomes 'stares' (stare is a kind of look).
'to dispose of' is a deletion indicator.
'stone' becomes 'st'.
'stares' with 'st' removed is 'ARES'.

(Other definitions for ares that I've seen before include "Land measures" , "Belligerent god" , "figure of worship" , "War-god" , "Olympian" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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