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Threw away black stone I'd damaged (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jettisoned

'threw away' is the definition.
(jettisoning is a kind of throwing away)

'black stone i'd damaged' is the wordplay.
'black' becomes 'jet' ('jet' can be similar in meaning to 'black').
'damaged' indicates an anagram.
'stone'+'id'='stoneid'
'stoneid' anagrammed gives 'tisoned'.
'jet'+'tisoned'='JETTISONED'

(Other definitions for jettisoned that I've seen before include "Threw away" , "dumped" , "Thrown overboard" , "thrown out of plane" , "Ditched" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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