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Here’s our phone number — is that corny? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

callus

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'number is that corny?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

'here's our phone' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'phone' could be 'call' (synonyms) and 'call' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'us' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for callus that I've seen before include "Thickened skin patch" , "This thick-skinned" , "A sore point" , "Corn" , "Area of hard skin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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