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Bone up over in opera house (7)

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I believe the answer is:

scapula

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'bone' is the definition.
(scapula is a kind of bone)

'up over in opera house' is the wordplay.
'over' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'opera house' becomes 'scala' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'up' anagrammed gives 'pu'.
'pu' put within 'scala' is 'SCAPULA'.

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(Other definitions for scapula that I've seen before include "Shoulder-blade" , "Shoulder blade" , "Shoulder-bone" , "Flat, triangular human bone - cap Saul (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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