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Male pride damaged on the surface (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

epidermal

'on the surface' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'male pride damaged' is the wordplay.
'damaged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'male'+'pride'='malepride'
'malepride' with letters rearranged gives 'EPIDERMAL'.

(Other definitions for epidermal that I've seen before include "Of the outer skin" , "Like protective covering" , "Relating to skin surface" , "Like skin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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