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Cesspool after draining inside oozed out (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

excluded

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'cesspool after draining' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'inside oozed out' is the wordplay.
'inside' becomes 'cl' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'oozed' becomes 'exuded' ('exude' can be a synonym of 'ooze').
'out' is an insertion indicator.
'cl' going within 'exuded' is 'EXCLUDED'.

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(Other definitions for excluded that I've seen before include "Left out" , "Denied access" , "'Debarred, shut out (8)'" , "Ruled out" , "Kept out from place or group" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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