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Mineral still has poisonous element (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

killas

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'mineral still' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'poisonous element' is the wordplay.
'poisonous' becomes 'kill' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'element' becomes 'As' (As is an example).
'kill'+'as'='KILLAS'

'has' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for killas that I've seen before include "Slate" , "Hard rock" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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