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Bone incorporated hints of unusual surgery (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

incus

'bone' is the definition.
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'incorporated hints of unusual surgery' is the wordplay.
'incorporated' becomes 'inc'.
'hints of' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'unusual surgery' is 'us'.
'inc'+'us'='INCUS'

(Other definitions for incus that I've seen before include "Bone in the middle ear" , "anvil (so we hear)" , "Anvil-shaped bone in ear" , "Ear anvil bone" , "part of sound system" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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