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Pardoned construction of grave (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forgave

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

'construction of grave' is the wordplay.
'construction' is an anagram indicator (answer constructed from certain letters).
'of'+'grave'='ofgrave'
'ofgrave' is an anagram of 'FORGAVE'.

(Other definitions for forgave that I've seen before include "Let off" , "overlooked" , "Excused (an offence)" , "Pardoned" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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