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Bruising around eye, leg bone and edge of ear (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shiner

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'bruising around eye' is the definition.
'shiner' can be an answer for 'eye' (I have seen 'Black eye' mean 'shiner' so perhaps 'eye' could also mean 'shiner'). I am unsure of the 'bruising around' bit.

'leg bone and edge of ear' is the wordplay.
'leg bone' becomes 'shin' (shin is a kind of leg bone).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'edge of' suggests removing the centre (I've seen 'edges of' mean this).
'ear' with its centre removed is 'er'.
'shin'+'er'='SHINER'

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for shiner that I've seen before include "Light" , "injury to face?" , "Possible end of scrapping" , "A black eye, colloquially" , "Black eye (colloq.)" .)

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