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Marks monocle is smashed

Ross

I believe the answer is:

semicolon

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'marks monocle is smashed' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'monocle is smashed' is the wordplay.
'smashed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'monocle'+'is'='monocleis'
'monocleis' with letters rearranged gives 'SEMICOLON'.

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(Other definitions for semicolon that I've seen before include "half a stop" , "Punctuation mark denoting a pause in a sentence" , "can cut sentence" , "Item of punctuation" , "used by writers for a break" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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