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Beat edges of thinner part of a pound (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trounce

'beat' is the definition.
(trouncing is a kind of beating)

'edges of thinner part of a pound' is the wordplay.
'edges of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'part of a pound' becomes 'ounce' ('ounce' is part of 'pound').
'thinner' with its middle removed is 'tr'.
'tr'+'ounce'='TROUNCE'

(Other definitions for trounce that I've seen before include "Hammer" , "Beat heavily" , "Beat badly in recount" , "Wallop" , "summons" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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