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Massacre after family got to English city (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bloodbath

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

'family got to english city' is the wordplay.
'family' becomes 'blood' (I've seen this in other clues).
'got' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'to english city' becomes 'bath' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'blood'+'bath'='BLOODBATH'

'after' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bloodbath that I've seen before include "Massacre" , "carnage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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