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Arms for long distance backed by nonsense talk (9)

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I believe the answer is:

forelimbs

'arms' is the definition.

'for long distance backed by nonsense talk' is the wordplay.
'long distance' becomes 'mile'.
'backed' says the letters should be written backwards.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'nonsense talk' becomes 'bs' (abbreviation for bullshit).
'mile' in reverse letter order is 'elim'.
'for'+'elim'+'bs'='FORELIMBS'

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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