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Damaged or intact grip (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

traction

'grip' is the definition.
(I know that grip can be written as traction)

'damaged or intact' is the wordplay.
'damaged' is an anagram indicator.
'or'+'intact'='orintact'
'orintact' is an anagram of 'TRACTION'.

(Other definitions for traction that I've seen before include "Stretching of a broken bone by weights and pulleys" , "Which leaves on the line will affect" , "Action of drawing or pulling something" , "The action of drawing or pulling over a road or track" , "Grip between something and the surface on which it moves" .)

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