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Miniature basin broken: nothing in that (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bonsai

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'miniature' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.

'basin broken nothing in that' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates anagramming the letters.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'in that' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'basin' anagrammed gives 'bnsai'.
'bnsai' placed around 'o' is 'BONSAI'.

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(Other definitions for bonsai that I've seen before include "Potted tree or shrub artificially prevented from reaching normal size" , "Japanese craft of growing miniature trees" , "Japanese plant or tree grown in miniature form" , "Little Japanese growth" , "Tiny Japanese tree" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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