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Ultimately obsolete little contraction which we still use occasionally today (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

een

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'we still use occasionally today' is the definition.
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'ultimately obsolete little contraction' is the wordplay.
'ultimately' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letters of 'obsolete little contraction' are 'EEN'.

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(Other definitions for een that I've seen before include "Even, poetically" , "Even to the poet" , "Literary form of even" , "Poetic form of even" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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