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No more endlessly sending naughty messages - about time! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

extinct

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'no more' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

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(Other definitions for extinct that I've seen before include "Long gone, like te dinosaur" , "No longer living, like dinosaur" , "Having died out, animal species or volcano" , "killed off completely" , "Of volcano, no longer active" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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