Crossword Genius

Bones in state - one arm shattered (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

metatarsi

'bones' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'state one arm shattered' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'shattered' indicates an anagram.
'state'+'i'+'arm'='stateiarm'
'stateiarm' is an anagram of 'METATARSI'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for metatarsi that I've seen before include "bones" , "Parts of the feet" .)

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