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Nothing to read in old language (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oscan

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

'nothing to read' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'to read' becomes 'scan' (scanning is a kind of reading).
'o'+'scan'='OSCAN'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for oscan that I've seen before include "Language once heard" , "Extinct language of southern Italy" , "Old tongue" , "Ancient tongue" , "old Italian" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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