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Utter ruin leaves one under government control (5-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

state-run

'under government control' is the definition.

'utter ruin leaves one' is the wordplay.
'utter' becomes 'state' (stating is a kind of uttering).
'leaves' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'ruin' with 'i' removed is 'run'.
'state'+'run'='STATE-RUN'

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