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Teeth her scampi almost ruined! (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

champers

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'teeth her scampi almost ruined' is the definition.
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'her scampi almost ruined' is the wordplay.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'ruined' indicates anagramming the letters.
'her'+'scampi'='herscampi'
'herscampi' with its last letter removed is 'herscamp'.
'herscamp' is an anagram of 'CHAMPERS'.

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(Other definitions for champers that I've seen before include "People putting their teeth in" , "something sparkling!" , "Bubbly" , "People who eat" , "Might they be extremely eager" .)

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