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Fixed hip secured round end of femur (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ingrained

'fixed' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'hip secured round end of femur' is the wordplay.
'hip' becomes 'in' (I've seen this in other clues).
'secured' becomes 'gained' (gaining is a kind of securing**).
'round' indicates putting letters inside.
'end of' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'femur' is 'r'.
'gained' placed around 'r' is 'grained'.
'in'+'grained'='INGRAINED'

(Other definitions for ingrained that I've seen before include "Deep-dyed" , "Dine in rag (anag.)" , "Deep-rooted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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