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Ruins baked beans (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

banes

'ruins' is the definition.
(bane is a kind of ruin)

'baked beans' is the wordplay.
'baked' indicates anagramming the letters.
'beans' with letters rearranged gives 'BANES'.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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