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Remains on United's boring team (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

residue

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'remains' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'united's boring team' is the wordplay.
'united' becomes 'u'.
'boring' indicates putting letters inside (some letters must 'bore' a hole into other letters).
'team' becomes 'reside' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'u' inserted inside 'reside' is 'RESIDUE'.

'on' is the link.

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(Other definitions for residue that I've seen before include "Deposit" , "Material left" , "Small amount remaining" , "Remaining portion" , "Net worth of estate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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