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The last one hundred in particular (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

finical

'particular' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'the last one hundred in' is the wordplay.
'the last' becomes 'final' (I've seen this before**).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'hundred' becomes 'c' (Roman numeral).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'i'+'c'='ic'
'final' enclosing 'ic' is 'FINICAL'.

(Other definitions for finical that I've seen before include "Pernickety" , "Very fussy" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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