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Stones murderer, stifling resistance (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cairn

'stones' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'murderer stifling resistance' is the wordplay.
'murderer' becomes 'cain' (Biblical figure).
'stifling' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters get stifled or contained).
'resistance' becomes 'r' (abbreviation in physics and electronics).
'cain' placed around 'r' is 'CAIRN'.

(Other definitions for cairn that I've seen before include "Memorial mound of stones" , "Terrier - mound of stones" , "simple grave marker" , "Man" , "Pile of stones - type of terrier" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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