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Dropped teacup, hard to get replacement (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parachuted

'dropped' is the definition.
(dropped from a plane)

'teacup hard to get replacement' is the wordplay.
'to get replacement' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'teacup'+'hard'='teacuphard'
'teacuphard' with letters rearranged gives 'PARACHUTED'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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