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It's not easy to grasp broken toe - cries out bandaging it (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

esoteric

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'cries out bandaging it' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'it's not easy to grasp broken toe' is the wordplay.
'it's' becomes 'e's' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT').
'not easy' becomes 'ric' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to grasp' indicates putting letters inside.
'broken' is an anagram indicator.
'es'+'ric'='esric'
'toe' is an anagram of 'ote'.
'esric' going around 'ote' is 'ESOTERIC'.

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(Other definitions for esoteric that I've seen before include "Understandable by only an enlightened inner circle" , "unintelligible to outsiders" , "not generally understood" , "Intelligible only to the initiated" , "needing privy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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