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Hit with a piece of shrapnel (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rap

'hit' is the definition.
(rap can mean to knock or hit)

'piece of shrapnel' is the wordplay.
'piece of' indicates a hidden word.
'RAP' is hidden in the letters of 'shrapnel'.

'with a' is the link.

(Other definitions for rap that I've seen before include "black music is a > blow" , "Sort of music" , "African-American music in which the lyrics are spoken" , "African-American music, the lyrics are chanted" , "talking during musical performance" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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