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Charlie with bone china defect? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chip

'china defect?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'charlie with bone' is the wordplay.
'charlie' becomes 'C' (phonetic alphabet).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'bone' becomes 'hip' ().
'c'+'hip'='CHIP'

(Other definitions for chip that I've seen before include "Off the old block, he's junior" , "High ball" , "Crack" , "Roulette counter" , "Flaw" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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