Crossword Genius

Lump of skin: hurry to conceal odd bits (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

knur

'lump' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'skin hurry to conceal odd bits' is the wordplay.
'to conceal odd bits' indicates alternate letters (letters in odd-numbered positions removed).
'skin'+'hurry'='skinhurry'
The alternating letters of 'skinhurry' are 'KNUR'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for knur that I've seen before include "Part of tree" , "growth" , "Knot in wood" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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