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Half a bone is replaced in hip (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fashionable

'hip' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'half a bone is replaced' is the wordplay.
'replaced' is an anagram indicator.
'half'+'a'+'bone'+'is'='halfaboneis'
'halfaboneis' with letters rearranged gives 'FASHIONABLE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for fashionable that I've seen before include "What's in" , "Trendy" , "Modish" , "A la mode" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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