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Report of school getting demolished (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eaten

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

'report of school' is the wordplay.
'report of' shows a homophone (sound like) (how it'd sound if reported).
'school' becomes 'eton' (famous UK public school).
'eton' sounds like 'EATEN'.

'getting' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for eaten that I've seen before include "Put away" , "Scoffed" , "Polished off" , "absorbed in the system" , "Consumed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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