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Stars from Mourinho's last club possibly retiring (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

draco

'stars' is the definition.
(I know that Draco is a stars)

'mourinho's last club possibly retiring' is the wordplay.
'last' suggests the final letters.
'club possibly' becomes 'card' (clubs is a playing card suit).
'retiring' says the letters should be written backwards.
The last letter of 'mourinho' is 'o'.
'o'+'card'='ocard'
'ocard' written backwards gives 'DRACO'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for draco that I've seen before include "Athenian statesman" , "Constellation, the Dragon" , "Harsh legislator" , "death-dealing lawman" , "Ruthless lawmaker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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