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Bone, say, affected pulse (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

soybean

'pulse' is the definition.
(I know that soybean is a type of pulse)

'bone say affected' is the wordplay.
'affected' indicates an anagram.
'bone'+'say'='bonesay'
'bonesay' is an anagram of 'SOYBEAN'.

(Other definitions for soybean that I've seen before include "American vegetable" , "Vegetable source of protein" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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