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Ruin a culex terribly in profuseness (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

luxuriance

'profuseness' is the definition.
(luxuriance is a kind of profuseness)

'ruin a culex terribly' is the wordplay.
'terribly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ruin'+'a'+'culex'='ruinaculex'
'ruinaculex' with letters rearranged gives 'LUXURIANCE'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for luxuriance that I've seen before include "Copiousness" , "Lushness" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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