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World map ultimately detailed (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

atlas

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'world map' is the definition.
'atlas' can be an answer for 'map' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'world' bit.

'ultimately detailed' is the wordplay.
'ultimately' becomes 'atlast' (ultimately means lastly).
'detailed' means to remove the last letter (the word must be end-less or 'de-tailed').
'atlast' with its last letter taken off is 'ATLAS'.

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(Other definitions for atlas that I've seen before include "Plans" , "Its architectural name is telamon" , "Sort of book" , "Segment of spine" , "Cartographer's work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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