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Terminated: grid ultimately … has been completed (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dissolved

'terminated' is the definition.
(dissolving is a kind of terminating)

I can't explain the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for dissolved that I've seen before include "Melted" , "Concluded" , "Reduced to liquid form" , "Disbanded or broke up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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