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Shrink from any last resolution? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

analyst

'shrink' is the definition.
(shrink can informally mean a psychoanalyst)

'any last resolution' is the wordplay.
'resolution' indicates anagramming the letters.
'any'+'last'='anylast'
'anylast' with letters rearranged gives 'ANALYST'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for analyst that I've seen before include "One making detailed study" , "Researcher; assayer" , "Freud, perhaps" , "Student of eg systems or psyche" , "Expert who examines and dissects, say systems" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Sun.
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