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Doomed liberal America almost past saving (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

irreclaimable

'past saving' is the definition.

'doomed liberal america almost' is the wordplay.
'doomed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'liberal'+'america'='liberalamerica'
'liberalamerica' with its last letter removed is 'liberalameric'.
'liberalameric' anagrammed gives 'IRRECLAIMABLE'.

(Another definition for irreclaimable that I've seen is " can't be saved".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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