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Turned bee into rubber (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ebonite

'rubber' is the definition.
(ebonite is a kind of rubber)

'turned bee into' is the wordplay.
'turned' is an anagram indicator.
'bee'+'into'='beeinto'
'beeinto' is an anagram of 'EBONITE'.

(Other definitions for ebonite that I've seen before include "Bee on it (anag.)" , "Vulcanite" , "something rubbery" , "Rubbery material" , "vulcanised rubber" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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