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Mole's sensitive area under discussion (6)

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I believe the answer is:

groyne

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'mole's' is the definition.
('groyne' can be a synonym of 'mole')

'sensitive area under discussion' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'area' could be 'ne' and 'ne' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for groyne that I've seen before include "A bulwark" , "Seaside feature" , "Sea wall" , "jetty" , "hydraulic structure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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