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Ruined ice store is little-known (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

esoteric

'little-known' is the definition.
(I know that little-known can be written as esoteric)

'ruined ice store' is the wordplay.
'ruined' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ice'+'store'='icestore'
'icestore' anagrammed gives 'ESOTERIC'.

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for esoteric that I've seen before include "Hard to understand" , "Tie score (anagram)" , "known to a few" , "Abstruse, obscure" , "exclusive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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