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I believe the answer is:

scar

(Other definitions for scar that I've seen before include "Skin blemish - bare crag" , "Sign of old injury" , "Old-wound mark" , "Craggy outcrop" , "Remnant of wound" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times and the New York Times.

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