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Massage round edges of brow, vigorously (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rubdown

'massage' is the definition.
(I know that rubdown is a type of massage)

'round edges of brow vigorously' is the wordplay.
'edges of' means to remove the middle letters.
'vigorously' is an anagram indicator (the letters move vigorously around).
'brow' with its middle removed is 'bw'.
'round'+'bw'='roundbw'
'roundbw' is an anagram of 'RUBDOWN'.

(Another definition for rubdown that I've seen is " This helps you get dry".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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