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Harmed native American cut and bloody (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

injured

'harmed' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'native american cut and bloody' is the wordplay.
'native american' becomes 'injun' (Injun is an example).
'cut' means to remove the last letter.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'bloody' becomes 'red'.
'injun' with its last letter taken off is 'inju'.
'inju'+'red'='INJURED'

(Other definitions for injured that I've seen before include "Harmed" , "caused hurt" , "Wounded" , "wronged" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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