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Go maybe wrapped in fabric and tissue (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ligament

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'tissue' is the definition.
(ligament is a kind of tissue)

'go maybe wrapped in fabric' is the wordplay.
'go maybe' becomes 'game' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'wrapped in' is an insertion indicator.
'fabric' becomes 'lint' (lint is a kind of fabric).
'game' put inside 'lint' is 'LIGAMENT'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ligament that I've seen before include "Band of tissue joining bones" , "Fibrous tissue joining bones or cartilage" , "Link between bones or cartilages" , "Tough, bone-linking tissue" , "sheet of tissue" .)

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