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Stone coming from blast area, possibly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alabaster

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

'blast area possibly' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates an anagram.
'blast'+'area'='blastarea'
'blastarea' with letters rearranged gives 'ALABASTER'.

'coming from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for alabaster that I've seen before include "White gypsum used for carving" , "White stone carved into ornaments" , "statuary material?" , "that's smooth and white" , "White or translucent mineral" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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