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Roué — Elizabethan explorer — died excluded (4)

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I believe the answer is:

rake

'roue' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'elizabethan explorer died excluded' is the wordplay.
'elizabethan explorer' becomes 'Drake' (Sir Francis Drake).
'died' becomes 'd' (abbreviation next to the year of someone's death).
'excluded' suggests deleting specific letters.
'drake' with 'd' taken out is 'RAKE'.

(Other definitions for rake that I've seen before include "Progress was visualised for one" , "One with teeth" , "disreputable fellow" , "Roue - inclination" , "Garden tool for a dissolute fellow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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