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Endless fright and surgery reminder? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

scar

'surgery reminder?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'endless fright' is the wordplay.
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'fright' becomes 'scare' (scare is a kind of fright).
'scare' with its last letter removed is 'SCAR'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for scar that I've seen before include "reminder of sword-fight?" , "Identifying mark" , "Mark from a wound left on the skin" , "Mark left by the healing of injured tissue" , "Disfigure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Telegraph.
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