Critic can demolish housing stock that's empty (4,6)

Times Cryptic #29330 | 7 Down | 2025-09-09
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

JOHN (can – lavatory),  RU~IN (demolish) containing [housing] S{toc}K [empty]. 1819-1900. I knew the name, but not that amongst many other things he was an art critic.

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