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Way to completely defeat English (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

route

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

'completely defeat english' is the wordplay.
'completely defeat' becomes 'rout' (I've seen this before).
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'rout'+'e'='ROUTE'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for route that I've seen before include "Course, road" , "Course of 7" , "Way travelled" , "track" , "Way, path" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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