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Monster secure, it’s reported (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

titan

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'monster secure it's reported' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'monster secure it's' is the wordplay.
'monster' becomes 'tan' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'secure' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are secured inside).
'tan' enclosing 'it' is 'TITAN'.

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(Other definitions for titan that I've seen before include "Moon of Saturn visited by the Huygens probe" , "Largest satellite of Saturn" , "Taint in a great man" , "Giant of Greek mythology" , "One of the first pantheon of Greek deities" .)

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