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Waste material one’s thrown in underground cell (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dungeon

'underground cell' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'waste material one's thrown' is the wordplay.
'waste material' becomes 'dung' (dung is a kind of waste material).
'thrown' is an anagram indicator.
'one' anagrammed gives 'eon'.
'dung'+'eon'='DUNGEON'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dungeon that I've seen before include "Underground prison-cell" , "part of prison" , "Prison cell, often underground" , "Dark underground cell for prisoners" , "Dark place of confinement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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