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Because round leg not quite right, one's attached to arm (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

silencer

'one's attached to arm' is the definition.
(a silencer might be attached to a firearm)

I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for silencer that I've seen before include "part of car" , "Exhaust quietener" , "Quieter" , "Device reducing a gun's noise" , "It muffles the sound of a gun" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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