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Hale booming out ... "Blood protein!!" (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

haemoglobin

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'blood protein' is the definition.
'haemoglobin' can be an answer for 'protein' (haemoglobin is a kind of protein). I'm unsure of the 'blood' bit.

'hale booming out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'hale'+'booming'='halebooming'
'halebooming' anagrammed gives 'HAEMOGLOBIN'.

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(Other definitions for haemoglobin that I've seen before include "Oxygen-carrier in blood" , "Red oxygen-carrying protein in blood cells" .)

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