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Hoses out a ruined building (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oasthouse

'building' is the definition.
(oasthouse is a type of building)

'hoses out a ruined' is the wordplay.
'ruined' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hoses'+'out'+'a'='hosesouta'
'hosesouta' is an anagram of 'OASTHOUSE'.

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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