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Bruising ultimately affected head and pulse (5-4,4)

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black-eyed bean

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'bruising ultimately affected head and pulse' is the definition.
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'bruising ultimately affected head and pulse' is the wordplay.
'bruising' becomes 'black eye' (I have seen 'Facial bruising ' mean 'black eye' so perhaps 'bruising' could also mean 'black eye').
'ultimately affected head' becomes 'd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'pulse' becomes 'bean' (beans are a type of pulse).
'blackeye'+'d'+'bean'='BLACK-EYED BEAN'

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