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Put out lewd message with opening censored in court (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

extinct

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

'censored in court' is the wordplay.
'censored' becomes 'ext' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'court' becomes 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names).
'ext'+'in'+'ct'='EXTINCT'

'lewd message with opening' is the link.
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(Other definitions for extinct that I've seen before include "Permanently inactive" , "killed off completely" , "never to be seen again" , "Defunct" , "No longer in existence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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