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Flatulence trickily bisected in the gut (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gastric

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'trickily bisected in the gut' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'flatulence' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'flatulence' could be 'gas' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'gas' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for gastric that I've seen before include "touching stomach" , "Relating to or involving the stomach" , "Abdominal" , "Stomachic" , "affecting stomach" .)

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