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Maybe real cool to cover up a congenital defect (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

harelip

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'a congenital defect' is the definition.
'harelip' can be an answer for 'defect' (I have seen 'Facial defect' mean 'harelip' so perhaps 'defect' could also mean 'harelip'). I am not certain of the 'a congenital' bit.

'maybe real cool to cover up' is the wordplay.
'maybe' indicates an anagram.
'cool' becomes 'hip'.
'to cover up' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'real' with letters rearranged gives 'arel'.
'arel' going inside 'hip' is 'HARELIP'.

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(Other definitions for harelip that I've seen before include "congenital split" , "Congenital mouth defect" , "Facial defect" , "Facial disfigurement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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