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Like part of organ in later reconstruction? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

retinal

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'like part of organ' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'in later reconstruction?' is the wordplay.
'reconstruction?' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'reconstructions' mean this).
'in'+'later'='inlater'
'inlater' is an anagram of 'RETINAL'.

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(Other definitions for retinal that I've seen before include "Pertaining to light-sensitive part of eye" , "Like some eye problems" , "Pertaining to the part of the eye sensitive to light" , "Of the back layer of the eye" , "such an area filled with cones" .)

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