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Reminder of past dereliction (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

relic

'reminder' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'of past dereliction?' is the wordplay.
'of' indicates a hidden word.
'RELIC' is hidden in the letters of 'past dereliction'.

(Other definitions for relic that I've seen before include "Ancient artefact" , "Bit of a saint, perhaps" , "Venerated memento" , "Object of historic interest" , "Item surviving from the past" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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