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Serving as a warning (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cautionary

'serving as a warning' is the definition.
(as in a cautionary tale)

This is the entire clue.

(Another definition for cautionary that I've seen is " Serving to warn".)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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