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A blemish hidden by mother's cosmetic (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mascara

'cosmetic' is the definition.
(mascara is a kind of cosmetic)

'a blemish hidden by mother's' is the wordplay.
'blemish' becomes 'scar' (scarring is a kind of blemishing).
'hidden by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'mother' becomes 'ma' (Ma is another word for mother or mum).
'a'+'scar'='ascar'
'ascar' placed within 'ma' is 'MASCARA'.

(Other definitions for mascara that I've seen before include "Eyelash cosmetic" , "Make-up item" , "Cosmetic for the eyes" , "black application" , "Eyelash make-up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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