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Crumbling bone found in barrow (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

moribund

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'crumbling bone found in barrow' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'bone found in barrow' is the wordplay.
'bone' becomes 'rib' (rib is a type of bone).
'found in' indicates putting letters inside.
'barrow' becomes 'mound' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rib' going into 'mound' is 'MORIBUND'.

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(Other definitions for moribund that I've seen before include "Near to death" , "on the way out" , "In a dying state" , "Not growing or changing" , "At the point of death" .)

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