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Shape reportedly ruined view (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rectangle

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'shape' is the definition.
(rectangle is a kind of shape)

'reportedly ruined view' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'reportedly' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'view' could be 'angle' (angle is a kind of view) and 'angle' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for rectangle that I've seen before include "Shape of football pitch" , "Parallelogram with four right angles" , "box" , "regular sort of figure" , "Four sides involved in this" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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