Ascetic at last departing for Ruhr location (5)

Independent Cryptic #12277 | 16 Across | 2026-02-12
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

ESSEN <e> (=an ascetic, from a small Jewish fraternity; “at last departing” means last letter is dropped); Essen is a city in the Ruhr region of Germany

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