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Bone in back and middle of rump (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sternum

'bone' is the definition.
(the breastbone)

'back and middle of rump' is the wordplay.
'back' becomes 'stern' (stern means the back of a boat).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'middle of' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle letters of 'rump' are 'um'.
'stern'+'um'='STERNUM'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sternum that I've seen before include "Breastbone" , "Chest bone" , "Munster (anag.)" , "front of breast" , "Human bone -- ten rums (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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