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Tiny edit destroyed character (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

identity

'character' is the definition.
(I know that identity is a type of character)

'tiny edit destroyed' is the wordplay.
'destroyed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tiny'+'edit'='tinyedit'
'tinyedit' anagrammed gives 'IDENTITY'.

(Other definitions for identity that I've seen before include "papers" , "Specified name of description of tin deity" , "One's sometimes mistaken" , "it may precede crisis" , "sort of card" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Telegraph.
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