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Damaged book indeed (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dented

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'damaged' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'book indeed' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'book' could be 'nt' (New Testament) and 'nt' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'deed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for dented that I've seen before include "Tended to be depresed" , "Dinged" , "Made depression in through pressure or impact" , "Made small depression in metal surface" , "Bashed in" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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