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Surviving letter to the Corinthians that’s unknown within New Testament (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

extant

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'surviving' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'letter to the corinthians that's unknown within new testament' is the wordplay.
'letter to the corinthians' becomes 'eta' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'that's unknown' becomes 'x' (algebra).
'within' indicates putting letters inside.
'new testament' becomes 'nt'.
'eta' enclosing 'x' is 'exta'.
'exta'+'nt'='EXTANT'

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(Other definitions for extant that I've seen before include "Still existing or current" , "Still in existence, surviving" , "left" , "Still existing, actual" , "Next at being still existing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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